Identification of relaxin-responsive cells in the human choriodecidua at term

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1160, Issue , 2009, Pages 136-137

  Horton, Jaime S ^a   Yamamoto, Sandra Y ^b   Bryant Greenwood, Gillian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Chorion; Decidua; LGR7; Primary cells; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN LGR7; RELAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHORION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA CELL; UTERUS;

EID: 64549113025     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03786.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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