In-vitro effects of the antimicrobial peptide Ala8,13,18-magainin II amide on isolated human first trimester villous trophoblast cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sengupta, Jayasree ^a   Khan, Meraj A ^a   Huppertz, Berthold ^b   Ghosh, Debabrata ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALA8,13,18 MAGAININ II AMIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; COLLAGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; EPITOPE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGAININ 2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALANINE(8,13,18) MAGAININ 2 AMIDE; ALANINE(8,13,18)-MAGAININ 2 AMIDE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; PLACENTA LACTOGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NICK END LABELING; PLACENTA; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ANURA; RATTUS;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATIN-18; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 79955104594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-49     Document Type: Article

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