The importance of cysteine cathepsin proteases for placental development

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-317

  Varanou, Aikaterini ^a   Withington, Sarah L ^a   Lakasing, Lorin ^b   Williamson, Catherine ^c   Burton, Graham J ^d   Hemberger, Myriam ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathepsins; Cysteine endopeptidases; Decidua; Embryonic development; Placentation; Trophoblasts

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE CATHEPSIN PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33645380389     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-005-0032-2     Document Type: Article

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