Evidence for a Role of TGF-β1 in the Expression and Regulation of α-SMA in Fetal Growth Restricted Placentae

Placenta

Volumn 28, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1123-1132

  Todros, T ^b   Marzioni, D ^a   Lorenzi, T ^a   Piccoli, E ^b   Capparuccia, L ^a   Perugini, V ^a   Cardaropoli, S ^b   Romagnoli, R ^c   Gesuita, R ^a   Rolfo, A ^b   Paulesu, L ^c   Castellucci, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Smooth muscle actin; FGR AED; Human placenta; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE CULTURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 35348884875     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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