Human chorionic gonadotropin and its free β-subunit stimulate trophoblast invasion independent of LH/hCG receptor

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 43-52

  Lee, Cheuk Lun ^a   Chiu, Philip C N ^a   Hautala, Laura ^b   Salo, Tuula ^c,d   Yeung, William S B ^a   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^b   Koistinen, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

HCG; HCG ; Invasion; LHCGR; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TROPHOBLAST;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-2; TROPHOBLASTS; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84878721281     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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