Dexamethasone stimulates the expression of leptin and 11β-HSD2 in primary human placental trophoblastic cells

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-55

  Tzschoppe, Anja ^a   Fahlbusch, Fabian ^a   Seidel, Julia ^a   Dörr, Helmuth G ^a   Rascher, Wolfgang ^a   Goecke, Tamme W ^a   Beckmann, Matthias W ^a   Schild, Ralf L ^b   Struwe, Ellen ^c   Dötsch, Jörg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Diakonische Dienste Hannover ^*  (Germany)

^c Regional Centre for Social Paediatrics   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

11 HSD2; Dexamethasone; Fetal programming; Intrauterine growth restriction; Leptin

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; DEXAMETHASONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERNATANT; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 79955610380     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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