Aryl hydrocarbon receptor and aryl hydrocarbon nuclear translocator expression in human and rat placentas and transcription activity in human trophoblast cultures

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-36

  Stejskalova, Lucie ^a   Vecerova, Lenka ^a   Peréz, Laura Mesa ^a   Vrzal, Radim ^b   Dvorak, Zdenek ^b   Nachtigal, Petr ^a   Pavek, Petr ^a  

^a Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator; CYP1A1; Cytochrome P450; Placenta; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; OMEPRAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TROPHOBLASTS; XENOBIOTICS;

RATTUS;

EID: 80052453864     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr150     Document Type: Article

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