Expression of cellular prion protein in the placentas of women with normal and preeclamptic pregnancies

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1155-1161

  Hwang, Han Sung ^a,d   Park, Seung Hwa ^b   Park, Yong Won ^c   Kwon, Han Sung ^a   Sohn, In Sook ^a  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cellular prion protein; Placenta; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; STROMA; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROMA CELL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRPC PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77956314019     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.498497     Document Type: Article

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