Article
Mechanisms in decorin regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor-induced human trophoblast migration and acquisition of endothelial phenotype.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Sept 2012
Lala Neena, Girish Gannareddy V, Cloutier-Bosworth Alia, Lala Peeyush K
Abstract excerpt
Extravillous trophoblast (EVT) cells of the human placenta invade the uterine decidua and utero-placental arteries to establish an efficient exchange of key molecules between maternal and fetal blood. Trophoblast invasion is stringently regulated in situ both positively and negatively by a variety of factors at the fetal-maternal interface to maintain a healthy utero-placental homeostasis. One such factor,...
Topics
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Movement
- Cells, Cultured
- Decorin
- Drug Antagonism
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Female
- Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
- Humans
- Neovascularization, Physiologic
