Trophoblast stem cells: Models for investigating trophectoderm differentiation and placental development

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-240

  Douglas, Gordon C ^a   VandeVoort, Catherine A ^a   Kumar, Priyadarsini ^a   Chang, Tien Cheng ^c   Golos, Thaddeus G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXD3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; DECIDUA; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 65649154702     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.2009-0001     Document Type: Review

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