Expression of membrane and nuclear progesterone receptors in two human placental choriocarcinoma cell lines (JEG-3 and BeWo): Effects of syncytialization

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-774

  Zachariades, Elena ^a   Foster, Helen ^a   Goumenou, Anastasia ^a,b   Thomas, Peter ^c   Rand Weaver, Mariann ^a   Karteris, Emmanouil ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Placenta; Progesterone receptor; Syncytialization

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; FORSKOLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE MEMBRANE COMPONENT 1; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIUM;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORSKOLIN; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79954481961     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.657     Document Type: Article

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