The role of the invasive, placental trophoblast in human pregnancy

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 162, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 187-190

  Pollheimer, Jürgen ^a   Knöfler, Martin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human placenta; Spiral artery remodelling pregnancy related pathologies; Trophoblast invasion; UNK cell

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; UROKINASE; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; DECIDUA; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84863656402     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: 1563258X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-012-0071-6     Document Type: Article

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