Role of HERV-W syncytin-1 in placentation and maintenance of human pregnancy

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-328

  Noorali, Samina ^a   Rotar, Ioana C ^a   Lewis, Cindi ^a   Pestaner, Joseph P ^b   Pace, Donald Gene ^a   Sison, Antonio ^c   Bagasra, Omar ^a  

^a CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RWJ OB/GYN Group   (United States)

Author keywords

HERV W syncytin 1; Immunohistochemical staining; In situ RT PCR; Progesterone; qRT PCR; Syncytiotrophoblasts

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN SYNCYTIN 1; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ADULT; CELL LINE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 68149181686     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e31819640f9     Document Type: Article

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