Inhibition of trophoblast invasiveness in vitro by immunoneutralization of leptin in the bat, Myotis lucifugus (Chiroptera)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-65

  Schulz, Laura C ^a   Townsend, Kristy ^a   Kunz, Thomas H ^a   Widmaier, Eric P ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptin; Leptin receptor; Little brown myotis; ObRa; ObRb; Trophoblast invasion

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BAT; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33845196770     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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