Trophoblast-mediated spiral artery remodelling: A role for apoptosis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-26

  Whitley, Guy St J ^a   Cartwright, Judith E ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; FasL; TRAIL; VSMC

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4; FAS LIGAND; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INVASION; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LIGAND BINDING; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPIRAL ARTERY REMODELLING; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

APOPTOSIS; DECIDUA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 67449127563     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01039.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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