Decidual angiogenesis and placental orientation are altered in mice heterozygous for a dominant loss-of-function Gja1 (Connexin43) mutation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Winterhager, Elke ^a   Gellhaus, Alexandra ^a   Blois, Sandra M ^b   Hill, Lesley A ^c   Barr, Kevin J ^c   Kidder, Gerald M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; CX43; Decidua; Gja1 mutation; Natural killer cells; ODDD

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; PRL6A PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VEGFA PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GJA1 GENE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMPLANTATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OCULODENTODIGITAL SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANGIOGENESIS; CX43; DECIDUA; GJA1 MUTATION; NATURAL KILLER CELLS; ODDD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL POLARITY; CODON, NONSENSE; CONNEXIN 43; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENES, DOMINANT; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84898906069     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.111690     Document Type: Article

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