Syncytial knots (Tenney-parker changes) in the human placenta: Evidence of loss of transcriptional activity and oxidative damage

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-152

  Fogarty, Norah M E ^a   Ferguson Smith, Anne C ^a   Burton, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CYCLINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM BINDING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; SYNCYTIUM; TENNEY PARKER CHANGE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL NUCLEUS; DEOXYGUANOSINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; POL1 TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION COMPLEX PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84879350280     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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