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EFFECTS OF LEPTIN ON TROPHOBLAST INVASIVENESS: A POTENTIAL ROLE FOR LEPTIN IN PLACENTATION.
Author(s): Schulz, Laura¹, Widmaier, Eric¹, ¹ Boston University, Boston, MA

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GESTATIONALLY DEPENDENT INVASION OF TROPHOBLAST INTO THE MATERNAL UTERINE MESOMETRIAL COMPARTMENT IS REGULATED BY FETAL SIGNALS.
Author(s): Sahgal, Namita ^{1, 2, 3}, Soares, Michael^{1, 3, 4}, ¹ University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS² University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS³ University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS⁴ University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

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AN IN VIVO APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE THE REGULATION OF TROPHOBLAST CELL INVASION.
Author(s): Arroyo, Juan ¹, Ain, Rupasri¹, Soares, Michael¹, ¹ Institute of Maternal-Fetal Biology and the Departments of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kansas City, KS

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ADAMTS-12 MODULATES THE INVASIVE CAPACITY OF HUMAN TROPHOBLASTIC CELLS.
Author(s): Beristain, Alexander ¹, Zhu, Hua¹, Leung, Peter¹, MacCalman, Colin¹, ¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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PROGESTERONE INHIBITION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-2 (MMP-2) GENE TRANSCRIPTION IS MEDIATED BY P-53, SP-1, AND C/EBP BINDING ELEMENTS IN HUMAN TROPHOBLAST (JAR) CELL LINE.
Author(s): Goldman, Shlomit¹, Shalev, Eliezer ^1,2, ¹ HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel² Technion, Haifa, Israel

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B7 FAMILY MOLECULES AND OXYGEN: NOVEL REGULATION OF IMMUNOMODULATORY MOLECULES IN THE PLACENTA.
Author(s): Petroff, Margaret¹, Hunt, Joan¹, ¹ University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

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MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CERVICAL RIPENING: THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATORY CELLS.
Author(s): Timmons, Brenda¹, Mahendroo, Mala ¹, ¹ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

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TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE EXPRESSION AND ACTIVITY IN HUMAN PLACENTA.
Author(s): Aplin, John ¹, Robinson, Nicola ¹, Glazier, Jocelyn ², Greenwood, Susan², Baker, Philip¹, ¹ University of Manchester, Manchester, UK² University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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