Activation of Villous Trophoblastic p38 and ERK1/2 Signaling Pathways in Preterm Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 659-668

  Szabo, Szilvia ^a   Mody, Meera ^b,c   Romero, Roberto ^b   Xu, Yi ^b   Karaszi, Katalin ^a   Mihalik, Noemi ^a   Xu, Zhonghui ^b   Bhatti, Gaurav ^b   Fule, Tibor ^a   Hupuczi, Petronella ^a,d   Krenacs, Tibor ^a   Rigo, Janos ^d   Tarca, Adi L ^b,e   Hassan, Sonia S ^b,e   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^b,e   Kovalszky, Ilona ^a   Papp, Zoltan ^a,d   Than, Nandor Gabor ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anti angiogenic factor; Hypertension; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Oxidative stress; Pregnancy; Signal transduction; Syncytiotrophoblast

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN AKT1; PROTEIN KINASE B; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BEWO CELL; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; FLT1 GENE; GCM1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HELLP SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LATE ONSET PREECLAMPSIA; LEP GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PGF GENE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRETERM PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; VILLOUS TROPHOBLAST; ANOXIA; CELL CULTURE; CHORION VILLUS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETICS; ISCHEMIA; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANOXIA; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC VILLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISCHEMIA; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84939416015     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: 15322807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-014-9872-9     Document Type: Article

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