Increased autophagy in placentas of intrauterine growth-restricted pregnancies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hung, Tai Ho ^a,b   Chen, Szu Fu ^c   Lo, Liang Ming ^a   Li, Meng Jen ^a   Yeh, Yi Lin ^a   Hsieh, T'sang T'ang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 18; DAMAGE REGULATED AUTOPHAGY MODULATOR; NUTLIN 3; PIFITHRIN ALPHA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN LC3B II; PROTEIN P53; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL LEVEL; CELL METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE LEVEL; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; ANOXIA; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84864018991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040957     Document Type: Article

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