Transforming growth factor-beta inhibits aromatase gene transcription in human trophoblast cells via the Smad2 signaling pathway

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhou, Hong ^a,b   Fu, Guodong ^a   Yu, Hui ^a   Peng, Chun ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; DACTINOMYCIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; SMAD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AROMATASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 73249144871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-146     Document Type: Article

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