Estradiol elicits proapoptotic and antiproliferative effects in human trophoblast cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Patel, Shivali ^a   Kilburn, Brian ^a   Imudia, Anthony ^b   Armant, D Randall ^a,c   Skafar, Debra F ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Developmental biology; Estradiol; First trimester placenta; Steroid hormone receptors; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MATRIGEL; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 2 ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIESTROGEN; CASPASE;

ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL INVASION; CELL INVASION ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOBLAST; TUNEL ASSAY; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84943267840     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.129114     Document Type: Article

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