MicroRNAs in human placental development and pregnancy complications

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 5519-5544

  Fu, Guodong ^a   Brkić, Jelena ^a   Hayder, Heyam ^a   Peng, Chun ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Human placenta; Invasion; MicroRNA; Migration; Preeclampsia; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 132; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 195; MICRORNA 20B; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 210; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 29A; MICRORNA 29B; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 376C; MICRORNA 378A; MICRORNA 675; MICRORNA 93; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORION VILLUS; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SYNCYTIUM; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84875077563     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14035519     Document Type: Review

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