Gap junctions are required for trophoblast proliferation in early human placental development

Placenta

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 595-607

  Nishimura, T ^a,b   Dunk, C ^a,b   Lu, Y ^a   Feng, X ^c   Gellhaus, A ^d   Winterhager, E ^d   Rossant, J ^a,b   Lye, S J ^a,b,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTEGRIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HEPTANOL; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOBLAST;

CARBENOXOLONE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 3242715290     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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