Activin-A-up-regulates type I activin receptor mRNA levels in human immortalized extravillous trophoblast cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Chen, Victor T S ^a   Peng, Chun ^b   Leung, Peter C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activin; Activin receptor; Competitive PCR; Follistatin; Immortalized extravillois trophoblast cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLISTATIN; MESSENGER RNA; ACTIVIN; ACVR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHORION VILLUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARD; STEADY STATE; TROPHOBLAST; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ACTIVINS; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 4344614010     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-1-29     Document Type: Article

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