Placental expression of a novel primate-specific splice variant of sFlt-1 is upregulated in pregnancies complicated by severe early onset pre-eclampsia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1268-1271

  Whitehead, C L ^a,b   Palmer, K R ^a,b   Nilsson, U ^a   Gao, Y ^a,c   Saglam, B ^a   Lappas, M ^b   Tong, S ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c University School of Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Placenta; pre eclampsia; sFlt 1; splice variants

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SPLICING; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1;

EID: 80051791363     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.02962.x     Document Type: Article

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