Insulin and leptin receptors as possible new candidates for endocrine control in normal and disturbed human pregnancy

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-239

  Toth, Bettina ^a   Fischl, Anja ^a   Scholz, Christoph ^a   Kuhn, Christina ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a   Karamouti, Maria ^b   Makrigiannakis, Antonis ^b   Jeschke, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abortion; First trimester pregnancy; Hydatidiform mole; Insulin receptor; Leptin receptor

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149098423     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap014     Document Type: Article

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