Fetal-derived adrenomedullin mediates the innate immune milieu of the placenta

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2408-2420

  Li, Manyu ^a   Schwerbrock, Nicole M J ^a   Lenhart, Patricia M ^a   Fritz Six, Kimberly L ^a   Kadmiel, Mahita ^a   Christine, Kathleen S ^a   Kraus, Daniel M ^b   Espenschied, Scott T ^a   Willcockson, Helen H ^a   Mack, Christopher P ^a   Caron, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROTEIN BAX;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL FACTOR; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCITONIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN; CHEMOKINES; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ADRENOMEDULLIN; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84878561870     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI67039     Document Type: Article

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