Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits cytotrophoblast cell proliferation and modulates gene transcription

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 321-333

  Khare, Manjiri ^a   Taylor, Anthony H ^a,b   Konje, Justin C ^a,b   Bell, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Cytotrophoblast; Marijuana; Microarray; Tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 3; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; TRANSCRIPTOME; ANALGESIC AGENT; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ION EXCHANGE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWIN DISCORDANCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA MICROARRAY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TROPHOBLAST; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CANNABIS;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS BETA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 33744779064     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal036     Document Type: Article

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