Expression of nephrin in the human placenta and fetal membranes

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 5116-5120

  Yun, Bo Hyon ^a   Lee, Seung Mi ^b   Cho, Hee Young ^a   Kim, Ji Young ^a   Son, Ga Hyun ^c   Kim, Young Han ^a   Park, Yong Won ^a   Lim, Beom Jin ^d   Kwon, Ja Young ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nephrin; Placenta; Podocyte; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEPHRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CHORION; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PLACENTA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADULT; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84940523587     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.4044     Document Type: Article

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