Endovascular Trophoblast Invasion, Spiral Artery Remodelling and Uteroplacental Haemodynamics in a Transgenic Rat Model of Pre-eclampsia

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 614-623

  Geusens, N ^a   Verlohren, S ^b,c   Luyten, C ^a   Taube, M ^c   Hering, L ^c   Vercruysse, L ^a   Hanssens, M ^a   Dudenhausen, J W ^b   Dechend, R ^b   Pijnenborg, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endovascular trophoblast; Pre eclampsia; Rat; Spiral arteries; Trophoblast invasion; Uteroplacental haemodynamics; Vascular remodelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TROPHOBLAST;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARTERIES; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENIN; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 46549088648     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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