Expression and Distribution of Tight Junction Proteins in Human Amnion During Late Pregnancy

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-162

  Kobayashi, K ^a   Kadohira, I ^a   Tanaka, M ^a   Yoshimura, Y ^a   Ikeda, K ^a   Yasui, M ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amnion; Epithelial cell; Glucocorticoid; Late pregnancy; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 4; CLAUDIN 7; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1;

AMNION; AMNION CELL; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIGHT JUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMNION; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STROMAL CELLS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74849123135     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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