Caspase activation is not required for villous cytotrophoblast fusion into syncytiotrophoblasts

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 982-988

  Guilbert, L J ^a   Riddell, M ^a   Winkler Lowen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytotrophoblasts; Differentiation; Fusion; HCG ; Placenta; Syncytiotrophoblast; Villi

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYL ILE GLU(OME) THR ASP(OME)FLUOROMETHYLKETONE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 8 INHIBITOR; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP; DESMOPLAKIN; QUINOLINE VALYL O METHYLASPARTYL [2,6 DIFLUOROPHENOXY]METHYL KETONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STAINING; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; QUINOLINES; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 78049266703     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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