Implication of MEK1 and MEK2 in the establishment of the blood-placenta barrier during placentogenesis in mouse

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-67

  Charron, Jean ^a   Bissonauth, Vickram ^a   Nadeau, Valérie ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ERK MAPK cascade; MAP2K1 and MAP2K2 kinases; placenta and labyrinth morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR BOUND PROTEIN 2; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LBP 1A; RAF PROTEIN; SOS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GENE DELETION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE 2; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PPAR GAMMA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84863331224     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.02.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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