Regulation of placental villous angiopoietin-1 and -2 expression by estrogen during baboon pregnancy

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 504-511

  Albrecht, Eugene D ^a   Babischkin, Jeffery S ^a   Pepe, Gerald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiopoietin; Baboon; Estrogen; Placenta; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC VILLI; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 38949206832     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20721     Document Type: Article

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