Hypoxia and Placental Development

Birth Defects Research

Volumn 109, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 1309-1329

  Soares, Michael J ^a,b   Iqbal, Khursheed ^a   Kozai, Keisuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute for Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

hypoxia; hypoxia inducible factor; placenta development; trophoblast cell invasion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CBP P300 INTERACTING TRANSACTIVATOR 2; E1A ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EPIGENETIC REGULATOR LYSINE DEMETHYLASE 3A; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 3ALPHA; INTERFERON STIMULATED GENE FACTOR 15; INTERLEUKIN 10; MICRORNA 200; N MYC PROTO ONCOGENE PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROCOLLAGEN PROLINE 2 OXOGLUTARATE 4 DIOXYGENASE; PROLIFERIN; TWIST RELATED PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; COMMD1 GENE; DECIDUALIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; EGLN1 GENE; FIH1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OXYGEN; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85032891095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24721727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.1135     Document Type: Review

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