The role of autophagy in the placenta as a regulator of cell death

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 97-107

  Gong, Jin Sung ^a   Kim, Gi Jin ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Placenta; Programmed cell death; Trophoblasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907854211     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2014.41.3.97     Document Type: Review

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