Regulation of Protein Expression and Function of OCTN2 in Forskolin-Induced Syncytialization in BeWo Cells

Forskolin: unique diterpene activator of adenylate cyclase in membranes and in intact cells.

Kenneth B. Seamon, William L. Padgett, John W. Daly · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1981 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +15

Syncytin is a captive retroviral envelope protein involved in human placental morphogenesis

Sha Mi, Xinhua Lee, Xiangping Li et al. · Nature · 2000 · 1.7K citations

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology +14

An Envelope Glycoprotein of the Human Endogenous Retrovirus HERV-W Is Expressed in the Human Placenta and Fuses Cells Expressing the Type D Mammalian Retrovirus Receptor

Jean-Luc Blond, Dimitri Lavillette, Valérie Cheynet et al. · Journal of Virology · 2000 · 711 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +11

Cloning and characterization of a novel human pH‐dependent organic cation transporter, OCTN1

Ikumi Tamai, Hikaru Yabuuchi, Jun-ichi Nezu et al. · FEBS Letters · 1997 · 458 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

Direct Involvement of HERV-W Env Glycoprotein in Human Trophoblast Cell Fusion and Differentiation

Jean‐Louis Frendo, Delphine Olivier, Valérie Cheynet et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2003 · 429 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +10