Effects of interleukin-6 (IL-6) on cytotrophoblastic cells

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1994 • 12,975 citations

Structural design and molecular evolution of a cytokine receptor superfamily.

1990 • 2,104 citations

Implantation and the placenta: key pieces of the development puzzle

1994 • 1,362 citations

Molecular cloning and expression of an IL-6 signal transducer, gp130

1990 • 1,307 citations

The Leptin Receptor

1997 • 1,300 citations

Nonadipose tissue production of leptin: Leptin as a novel placenta-derived hormone in humans

1997 • 1,299 citations

Circulating leptin in women: a longitudinal study in the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy

1997 • 467 citations

Mechanism of control of trophoblast invasion in situ

1991 • 374 citations

Levels of Leptin in Maternal Serum, Amniotic Fluid, and Arterial and Venous Cord Blood: Relation to Neonatal and Placental Weight

1997 • 338 citations

Interleukin-1 beta regulates human cytotrophoblast metalloproteinase activity and invasion in vitro.

1994 • 306 citations

Human cytotrophoblast invasion is up-regulated by epidermal growth factor: Evidence that paracrine factors modify this process

1994 • 237 citations

Stage-Specific Expression of Cytokine and Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acids in Human Preimplantation Embryos1

1995 • 235 citations

Developmental regulation of the expression of 72 and 92 kd type IV collagenases in human trophoblasts: A possible mechanism for control of trophoblast invasion

1994 • 195 citations

Progressive rise in the expression of interleukin-6 in human endometrium during menstrual cycle is initiated during the implantation window

1995 • 175 citations

Interleukin-1 system in the materno-trophoblast unit in human implantation: immunohistochemical evidence for autocrine/paracrine function.

1994 • 151 citations

Effects of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 alpha, macrophage colony stimulating factor and transforming growth factor on trophoblastic matrix metalloproteinases

1999 • 144 citations

Expression of extracellular matrix-degrading metalloproteinases by cultured human cytotrophoblast cells: Effects of cell adhesion and immunopurification

1991 • 118 citations

Effects of interleukin-6 on in vitro cell attachment, migration and invasion of human ovarian carcinoma.

1997 • 110 citations

Modulation of human cytotrophoblastic leptin secretion by interleukin-1alpha and 17beta-oestradiol and its effect on HCG secretion

1999 • 107 citations

Trophoblast-Derived Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Stimulates the Release of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin by Activating IL-6 and IL-6-Receptor System in First Trimester Human Trophoblasts*

1991 • 105 citations

A model for implantation of the human blastocyst and early placentation

1996 • 86 citations

Secretion of matrix metalloproteinases by human endometrial cells in vitro

1993 • 75 citations

Molecular interactions during pregnancy

1996 • 55 citations

Human endometrial interleukin-6 (IL-6): in vivo messenger ribonucleic acid expression, in vitro protein production, and stimulation thereof by IL-1β

1996 • 54 citations

Effects of interferon-gamma on cytokine production by endometrial stromal cells

1998 • 51 citations

Effects of decidua-conditioned medium and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 on trophoblastic matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors

1998 • 47 citations

Expression of leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) receptor in human placenta: a possible role for LIF in the growth and differentiation of trophoblasts

1995 • 46 citations

Cytokine Regulation of Gelatinase Production by Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha

1995 • 45 citations

Ontogeny of the expression and regulation of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-1 mRNAs by human trophoblast cells during differentiation in vitro

1995 • 38 citations

The effect of interleukin-6 on enhancing the invasiveness of head and neck cancer cells in vitro

1998 • 28 citations