Expression of Syncytin 1 (HERV-W), in the preimplantation human blastocyst, embryonic stem cells and trophoblast cells derived in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1455-1461

  Soygur, Bikem ^a,b   Moore, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

hERVs; hESCs; Human blastocyst; Human endogenous retrovirus; Syncytin 1; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; SYNCYTIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLACENTA PROTEIN; SYNCYTIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURFACE; CONDITIONED MEDIUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM;

BLASTOCYST; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84976589332     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew097     Document Type: Article

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