Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 840-847 , October 2009

Dynamic Changes in Amniotic Tight Junctions during Pregnancy

  • K. Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • T. Inai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Molecular Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Y. Shibata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Molecular Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • M. Yasui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5363 3751; fax: +81 3 3359 8889.

,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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PII: S0143-4004(09)00238-0

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.07.009

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 840-847 , October 2009

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