Human Early Placental Development: Potential Roles of the Endometrial Glands

Placenta

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Burton, G J ^a   Jauniaux, E ^b   Charnock Jones, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; Endometrial glands; Histiotrophe; Placental development

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEFENSIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 1; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; STAT PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; TAU INTERFERON; UTEROGLOBIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34047118570     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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