Dexamethasone stimulates placental system A transport and trophoblast differentiation in term villous explants

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-105

  Audette, M C ^a   Greenwood, S L ^b   Sibley, C P ^b   Jones, C J P ^b   Challis, J R G ^a,b   Matthews, S G ^a   Jones, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; hCG; Placenta; System A; Trophoblast differentiation

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; 2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME RELEASE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROVILLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REGENERATION; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 75049084765     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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