Title | Trophoblast Cells [electronic resource] : Pathways for Maternal-Embryonic Communication / edited by Michael J. Soares, Frank Talamantes, Stuart Handwerger |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1993 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2718-2 |
Descript | XXI, 315p. 110 illus. online resource |
1. All in the Family: The Growth Hormone, Prolactin, and Placental Lactogen Triad -- I.Trophoblast Development and Organization -- 2. Development and Organization of Primate Trophoblast Cells -- 3. Structural and Endocrinological Differentiation of Ruminant Trophoblast -- 4. Trophoblast Cell Differentiation: Expression of the Placental Prolactin Family -- II.Trophoblast-Uterine Interactions -- 5. Trophoblast-Uterine Interactions in Implantation: Role of Transforming Growth Factor ?/Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling -- 6. Cell Interactions in Trophoblast Invasion -- 7. Cytotrophoblast Expression of Integrin Extracellular Matrix Receptors Is Altered in Preeclampsia -- 8. Regulation of Trophoblast ?2-Macroglobulin Receptor/Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein: A Multifunctional Receptor Possibly Involved in Trophoblast Invasion and Placental Lipid Transport -- 9. Autocrine/Paracrine Regulation of Decidual Prolactin Expression -- 10. Human Trophoblast-Uterine Immunological Interactions -- III.Biology of Trophoblast Cell Signaling Systems -- 11. Mouse Placental Lactogens: Characterization and Regulation of Expression in Trophoblast Cells -- 12. Molecular Genetics and Biology of the Rat Placental Prolactin Family -- 13. Molecular Genetics and Biology of the Bovine Placental Prolactin Family -- 14. Trophoblast Interferons: Expression During Development and Gene Organization -- 15. Placental Expression and Function of the Human Growth Hormone Gene Cluster -- IV.Regulation of Trophoblast Gene Expression -- 16. Transcriptional Regulation of the Placental Lactogen Genes in Mouse Trophoblast Giant Cells -- 17. The ?-Subunit of the Glycoprotein Hormones: Evolution of a Combinatorial Code for Placenta-Specific Expression -- 18. Expression by Transgenic Mouse Placenta of a Human Placental Hormone, the ?-Subunit of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin -- 19. Genetic Elements Regulating Human Placental Lactogen Expression -- 20. Expression of Human Placental Hormone Genes in Growing and Growth-Inhibited (Transitional) Trophoblasts -- Author Index