Function and control of human invasive trophoblast subtypes: Intrinsic vs. maternal control

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 154-162

  Velicky, Philipp ^a   Knöfler, Martin ^a   Pollheimer, Jürgen ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

decidua; EVT; invasion; placenta; preeclampsia; trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROGESTERONE;

CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; TROPHOBLAST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY;

CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84964506808     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19336918.2015.1089376     Document Type: Review

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