Expression pattern alterations of the serine protease HtrA1 in normal human placental tissues and in gestational trophoblastic diseases

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1213-1222

  Marzioni, Daniela ^a   Quaranta, Alexia ^a   Lorenzi, Teresa ^a   Morroni, Manrico ^a   Crescimanno, Caterina ^b   de Nictolis, Michele ^c   Toti, Paolo ^d   Muzzonigro, Giovanni ^a   Baldi, Alfonso ^e   de Luca, Antonio ^e   Castellucci, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^c General Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

HtrA1; Hydatidiform mole; Immunohistochemistry; Placenta; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

INSECTIVORA;

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HTRA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 79958189576     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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