Effect of hypoxia on urocortin production in human gestational trophoblasts in vitro

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-123

  Choy, Mei Y ^a   Leung, Tse N ^a   Leung, Po S ^a   Lau, Tze K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gestational trophoblasts; Human; Hypoxia; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; UROCORTIN;

ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDIFIER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATOR; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 4344560307     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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