TGF-β1 up-regulates connexin43 expression: A potential mechanism for human trophoblast cell differentiation

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 230, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1558-1566

  Cheng, Jung Chien ^a   Chang, Hsun Ming ^a   Fang, Lanlan ^a,b   Sun, Ying Pu ^b   Leung, Peter C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WORTMANNIN; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CHORIOCARCINOMA CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TROPHOBLASTS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84925589931     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24902     Document Type: Article

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