Neuregulin-1-mediated ErbB2-ErbB3 signalling protects human trophoblasts against apoptosis to preserve differentiation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 128, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 4306-4316

  Fock, Valerie ^a   Plessl, Kerstin ^a   Draxler, Peter ^b   Otti, Gerlinde Regina ^a   Fiala, Christian ^c   Knöfler, Martin ^a   Pollheimer, Jürgen ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^c Gynmed Clinic   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Differentiation; ErbB2; ErbB3; Neuregulin 1; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOTHECIN; CASPASE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYTOKERATIN 18; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; HLA G ANTIGEN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN S6; S6 KINASE; VIMENTIN; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ERBB3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NRG1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST; CELL CULTURE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; NEUREGULIN-1; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTOR, ERBB-3; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84949844735     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.176933     Document Type: Article

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