Reduced syncytin-1 expression in choriocarcinoma BeWo cells activates the calpain1-AIF-mediated apoptosis, implication for preeclampsia

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 3151-3164

  Huang, Qiang ^a,b   Chen, Haibin ^c   Wang, Fengchao ^d   Brost, Brian C ^e   Li, Jinping ^b   Li, Zongfang ^a   Gao, Ya ^b   Gao, Yu ^a,f   Jiang, Shi Wen ^g  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^f SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptosis inducing factor; Preeclampsia; Syncytin 1; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CALPAIN 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SYNCYTIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; [1 [(1 FORMYL 2 PHENYLETHYL)CARBAMOYL] 2 METHYLPROPYL]CARBAMIC ACID BENZYL ESTER;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHORIOCARCINOMA CELL LINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CALPAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84905085244     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1533-8     Document Type: Article

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