Essential role of the ERK/MAPK pathway in blood-placental barrier formation

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2825-2837

  Nadeau, Valérie ^a   Charron, Jean ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

MAP2K1 (MEK1); MAP2K2 (MEK2); Placenta morphogenesis; Syncytiotrophoblast differentiation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 2K1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 2K2; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; SYNT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; INNER EAR; MOUSE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; SYNCYTIUM;

MAP2K1 (MEK1); MAP2K2 (MEK2); PLACENTA MORPHOGENESIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GIANT CELLS; INTEGRASES; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE 2; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PPAR GAMMA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84905573338     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.107409     Document Type: Article

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