SMAD1/5 signaling in the early equine placenta regulates trophoblast differentiation and chorionic gonadotropin secretion

Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3054-3064

  Cabrera Sharp, Victoria ^a   Read, Jordan E ^a   Richardson, Stephanie ^a   Kowalski, Alycia A ^a   Antczak, Douglas F ^b   Cartwright, Judith E ^c   Mukherjee, Abir ^a   De Mestre, Amanda M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Baker Institute for Animal Health College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS, RECEPTOR-REGULATED; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84905014946     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-2116     Document Type: Article

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