Aggregated transthyretin is specifically packaged into placental nano-vesicles in preeclampsia

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tong, Mancy ^a   Cheng, Shi Bin ^b   Chen, Qi ^a   Desousa, Joana ^c   Stone, Peter R ^a,c   James, Joanna L ^a   Chamley, Lawrence W ^a   Sharma, Surendra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN AGGREGATE; TRANSTHYRETIN;

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; EXOSOME; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREALBUMIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROTEIN AGGREGATES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 85026240025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07017-x     Document Type: Article

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