| Literature DB >> 20430440 |
M Muñoz1, A Pavón, M Rosso, M V Salinas, A Pérez, A Carranza, A González-Ortega.
Abstract
A role for Substance P (SP) in human placenta is not known, although is possible that regulates placental physiology through the Neurokinin (NK)-1 receptor. Ten human normal placenta tissues were studied by immunohistochemistry to demonstrate the localization of NK-1 receptor and SP. An immunostaining pattern for NK-1 receptor and SP was observed in the endothelium and myocytes of fetal blood vessels, decidua and trophoblast. The SP is located in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus whereas NK-1 receptor in cytoplasmic. These findings reported here for the fist time, suggest a role for the SP and NK-1 receptor in the placental physiology.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20430440 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.03.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Placenta ISSN: 0143-4004 Impact factor: 3.481