Differential transferrin expression in placentae from normal and abnormal pregnancies: A pilot study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kralova, Alena ^a   Svetlikova, Marta ^b   Madar, Jindrich ^c   Ulcova Gallova, Zdena ^d   Bukovsky, Antonin ^b   Peknicova, Jana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THE CARE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Czech Republic)

^d Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; EPITOPE; IRON;

ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IRON DEPLETION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PILOT STUDY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; SYNCYTIUM; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STRESS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STRESS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 47749101304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-27     Document Type: Article

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