Endocannabinoid System in First Trimester Placenta: Low FAAH and High CB1 Expression Characterize Spontaneous Miscarriage

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 516-522

  Trabucco, E ^a   Acone, G ^a   Marenna, A ^a   Pierantoni, R ^a   Cacciola, G ^a   Chioccarelli, T ^a   Mackie, K ^b   Fasano, S ^a   Colacurci, N ^a   Meccariello, R ^c   Cobellis, G ^a   Cobellis, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CB1; Endocannabinoid system; FAAH; Miscarriage; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; FATTY ACID AMIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649101233     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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