Leukemia inhibitory factor regulates differentiation of trophoblastlike BeWo cells through the activation of JAK/STAT and MAPK3/1 MAP kinase-signaling pathways

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Leduc, Katy ^a   Bourassa, Vincent ^a   Asselin, Éric ^a,b   Leclerc, Pierre ^c   Lafond, Julie ^b,c,d   Reyes Moreno, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche BioMED   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

HCG; HCG receptor; Human; Implantation; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Signal transduction; Syncytiotrophoblast; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FORSKOLIN; JANUS KINASE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; STAT PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIUM; TROPHOBLAST; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE; UTERUS CANCER;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHORIOCARCINOMA; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; FORSKOLIN; HUMANS; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 2; JANUS KINASES; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860231351     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.094334     Document Type: Article

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