Activin A increases human trophoblast invasion by inducing SNAIL-mediated MMP2 up-regulation through ALK4

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2015, Pages E1415-E1427

  Li, Yan ^a   Klausen, Christian ^a   Zhu, Hua ^a   Leung, Peter C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; ACVR1B PROTEIN, HUMAN; GELATINASE A; MESSENGER RNA; MMP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMAD PROTEIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGONISTS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMED CELL LINE; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ACTIVINS; ADULT; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84954371454     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2134     Document Type: Article

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