High-temperature requirement protein A4 (HtrA4) suppresses the fusogenic activity of syncytin-1 and promotes trophoblast invasion

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3707-3717

  Wang, Liang Jie ^a   Cheong, Mei Leng ^a,b   Lee, Yun Shien ^c   Lee, Ming Ting ^d   Chen, Hungwen ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GLIAL CELLS MISSING 1; HIGH TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT PROTEIN A4; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SYNCYTIN 1; SYNCYTIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL INVASION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HTRA4 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84866403667     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00223-12     Document Type: Article

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