Placental melatonin production and melatonin receptor expression are altered in preeclampsia: New insights into the role of this hormone in pregnancy

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-425

  Lanoix, Dave ^a   Guérin, Pascale ^b   Vaillancourt, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aralkylamine N acetyltransferase; hydroxyindole O methyltransferase (ASMT); MT1 melatonin receptor; MT2 melatonin receptor; placenta; pregnancy; serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOMETRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLSEROTONIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADULT; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RADIOMETRY; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867742570     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2012.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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