Revisiting the role of hCG: New regulation of the angiogenic factor EG-VEGF and its receptors

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1537-1550

  Brouillet, S ^a,b,c   Hoffmann, P ^a,b   Chauvet, S ^b,c,d   Salomon, A ^a,b,c   Chamboredon, S ^a,b   Sergent, F ^e   Benharouga, M ^b,c   Feige, J J ^a,b,c   Alfaidy, N ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

EG VEGF; hCG; Placenta; Pregnancy; Prokineticin

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROKINETICIN RECEPTOR 1; PROKINETICIN RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; PROKR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROKR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, LH; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR, ENDOCRINE-GLAND-DERIVED;

EID: 84862309572     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0889-x     Document Type: Article

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