The Alternative Epac/cAMP Pathway and the MAPK Pathway Mediate hCG Induction of Leptin in Placental Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Maymó, Julieta Lorena ^a   Pérez Pérez, Antonio ^b   Maskin, Bernardo ^c   Dueñas, José Luis ^b   Calvo, Juan Carlos ^a,d   Sánchez Margalet, Víctor ^b   Varone, Cecilia Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^d INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; EPAC PROTEIN; EXCHANGE PROTEIN DIRECTLY ACTIVATED BY CYCLIC AMP; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEWO CELL; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN JEG 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPLANT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84867012124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046216     Document Type: Article

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