Governing the Invasive Trophoblast: Current Aspects on Intra- and Extracellular Regulation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 492-505

  Fitzgerald, Justine S ^a   Germeyer, Ariane ^b   Huppertz, Berthold ^c   Jeschke, Udo ^d   Knöfler, Martin ^e   Moser, Gerit ^c   Scholz, Christoph ^d   Sonderegger, Stefan ^e   Toth, Bettina ^b   Markert, Udo R ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decidua; Galectins; Matrix metalloproteinases; Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases; Trophoblast cells; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ANTIGEN; ECALECTIN; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 10; GALECTIN 12; GALECTIN 13; GALECTIN 2; GALECTIN 3; GALECTIN 4; GALECTIN 7; GALECTIN 8; LACTOSE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; N ACETYLLACTOSE; STAT3 PROTEIN; THOMSEN FRIEDENREICH ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INVASION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 77953929762     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00824.x     Document Type: Review

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