Where polarity meets fusion: Role of par6 in trophoblast differentiation during placental development and preeclampsia

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1296-1309

  Sivasubramaniyam, Tharini ^a,b   Garcia, Julia ^a   Tagliaferro, Andrea ^a   Melland Smith, Megan ^a,b   Chauvin, Sarah ^a,b   Post, Martin ^b,c   Todros, Tullia ^d   Caniggia, Isabella ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; FORSKOLIN; PARTITIONING DEFECTIVE PROTEIN 6; PROTEIN ZO1; SYNCYTIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNCYTIUM; TIGHT JUNCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANOXIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TROPHOBLASTS; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84874615787     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1823     Document Type: Article

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