Possible roles for folic acid in the regulation of trophoblast invasion and placental development in normal early human pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1148-1153

  Williams, Paula J ^a   Bulmer, Judith N ^b   Innes, Barbara A ^b   Pipkin, Fiona Broughton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Placenta; Pregnancy; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CD31 ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE 3; FOLIC ACID; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; MATRILYSIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MK I67 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STROMELYSIN; STROMELYSIN 2; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 79958190244     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.088351     Document Type: Article

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