Possible role of the exchange protein directly activated by cyclic AMP (Epac) in the cyclic AMP-dependent functional differentiation and syncytialization of human placental BeWo cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2229-2238

  Yoshie, Mikihiro ^a   Kaneyama, Kei ^a   Kusama, Kazuya ^a   Higuma, Chinatsu ^b   Nishi, Hirotaka ^b   Isaka, Keiichi ^b   Tamura, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BeWo; Epac; hCG; progesterone; syncytialization

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EXCHANGE PROTEIN DIRECTLY ACTIVATED BY CYCLIC AMP; EXCHANGE PROTEIN DIRECTLY ACTIVATED BY CYCLIC AMP 1; EXCHANGE PROTEIN DIRECTLY ACTIVATED BY CYCLIC AMP 2; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; RAP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 77955953775     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq190     Document Type: Article

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