Isolation of human trophoblastic extracellular vesicles and characterization of their cargo and antiviral activity

Placenta

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-95

  Ouyang, Yingshi ^a   Bayer, Avraham ^a   Chu, Tianjiao ^a   Tyurin, Vladimir ^b   Kagan, Valerian ^b   Morelli, Adrian E ^c   Coyne, Carolyn B ^d   Sadovsky, Yoel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C19MC; Exosomes; Placenta; Plasma exosomes; Trophoblastic vesicles; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NANOPARTICLE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXOSOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; TROPHOBLAST; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CYTOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EXOSOMES; EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRORNAS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84988606163     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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