Human chorionic gonadotropin induces human macrophages to form intracytoplasmic vacuoles mimicking hofbauer cells in human chorionic villi

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-135

  Yamaguchi, Munekage ^a   Ohba, Takashi ^a   Tashiro, Hironori ^a   Yamada, Gen ^a   Katabuchi, Hidetaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorionic villi; Hofbauer cells; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Luteinizing hormone chorionic gonadotropin receptor; Macrophages; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL VACUOLE; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFBAUER CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; HISTIOCYTE; HORMONE ACTION;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACROPHAGES; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; VACUOLES;

EID: 84872679834     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342806     Document Type: Article

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