Endothelin-1 attenuates apoptosis in cultured trophoblasts from term human placentas

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 430-439

  Cervar Zivkovic, M ^a,b   Hu, C ^a   Barton, A ^a   Sadovsky, Y ^a   Desoye, G ^b   Lang, U ^b   Nelson, D M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endothelin 1; Placenta; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 18; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53; SERINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TERM BIRTH; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LABOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 38449110956     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719107305801     Document Type: Article

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