L Belkacemi

Summary

Affiliation: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Altered mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in placentas from undernourished rat gestations
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA, and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 301:R1599-615. 2011
  2. ncbi Altered placental development in undernourished rats: role of maternal glucocorticoids
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90502, USA
    Reprod Biol Endocrinol 9:105. 2011
  3. ncbi Early compensatory adaptations in maternal undernourished pregnancies in rats: role of the aquaporins
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 24:752-9. 2011
  4. ncbi Maternal undernutrition influences placental-fetal development
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA, and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, California 90502, USA
    Biol Reprod 83:325-31. 2010
  5. ncbi Increased placental apoptosis in maternal food restricted gestations: role of the Fas pathway
    L Belkacemi
    LABioMed Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90502, USA
    Placenta 30:739-51. 2009
  6. ncbi AQP1 gene expression is upregulated by arginine vasopressin and cyclic AMP agonists in trophoblast cells
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Perinatal Research Laboratories, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90502, USA
    Life Sci 82:1272-80. 2008
  7. ncbi Expression of calbindin-D28k (CaBP28k) in trophoblasts from human term placenta
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Departement des Sciences Biologiques, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Biol Reprod 68:1943-50. 2003
  8. ncbi Glyceryl trinitrate inhibits hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced apoptosis in the syncytiotrophoblast of the human placenta: therapeutic implications for preeclampsia
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Pathol 170:909-20. 2007
  9. ncbi Carbon monoxide inhibits hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced apoptosis and secondary necrosis in syncytiotrophoblast
    Shannon A Bainbridge
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 2V7
    Am J Pathol 169:774-83. 2006
  10. ncbi Calbindin-D28k (CaBP28k) identification and regulation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in human choriocarcinoma cell line JEG-3
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Laboratoire de Physiologie Materno Foetale, Departement des Sciences Biologiques, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, C P 8888, Succursale Centre Ville, Montreal, Que, Canada H3C 3P8
    Mol Cell Endocrinol 236:31-41. 2005

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Altered mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in placentas from undernourished rat gestations
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA, and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 301:R1599-615. 2011
    ..Our results suggest that MUN during rat pregnancy enhances mitochondria-dependent apoptosis in the placenta, probably due to the downregulation of PPARĪ³ expression...
  2. ncbi Altered placental development in undernourished rats: role of maternal glucocorticoids
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90502, USA
    Reprod Biol Endocrinol 9:105. 2011
    ....
  3. ncbi Early compensatory adaptations in maternal undernourished pregnancies in rats: role of the aquaporins
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 24:752-9. 2011
    ..We also quantified protein expression of water channels (aquaporins; AQPs)...
  4. ncbi Maternal undernutrition influences placental-fetal development
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA, and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, California 90502, USA
    Biol Reprod 83:325-31. 2010
    ..This review associates fetal growth with maternal nutrition during pregnancy, placental growth and vascular development, and placental nutrient transport...
  5. ncbi Increased placental apoptosis in maternal food restricted gestations: role of the Fas pathway
    L Belkacemi
    LABioMed Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90502, USA
    Placenta 30:739-51. 2009
    ..The results suggest that the increased apoptosis may be mediated, in part, via Fas pathway and the defective placental development in the MFR may be a major contributor to the decreased fetal growth...
  6. ncbi AQP1 gene expression is upregulated by arginine vasopressin and cyclic AMP agonists in trophoblast cells
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Perinatal Research Laboratories, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90502, USA
    Life Sci 82:1272-80. 2008
    ..Thus, modulation of AQP1 expression by maternal hormones may regulate invasion and fetal-placental-amnion water homeostasis during gestation...
  7. ncbi Expression of calbindin-D28k (CaBP28k) in trophoblasts from human term placenta
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Departement des Sciences Biologiques, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Biol Reprod 68:1943-50. 2003
    ..Taken together, these data suggest that CaBP28k may play a role in Ca2+ transport or cell development in human trophoblast possibly trough Ca2+ buffering...
  8. ncbi Glyceryl trinitrate inhibits hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced apoptosis in the syncytiotrophoblast of the human placenta: therapeutic implications for preeclampsia
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Pathol 170:909-20. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi Carbon monoxide inhibits hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced apoptosis and secondary necrosis in syncytiotrophoblast
    Shannon A Bainbridge
    Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 2V7
    Am J Pathol 169:774-83. 2006
    ..These observations indicate that carbon monoxide has potent antiapoptotic properties within human placenta and may hold therapeutic potential in the treatment of pre-eclampsia...
  10. ncbi Calbindin-D28k (CaBP28k) identification and regulation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in human choriocarcinoma cell line JEG-3
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Laboratoire de Physiologie Materno Foetale, Departement des Sciences Biologiques, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, C P 8888, Succursale Centre Ville, Montreal, Que, Canada H3C 3P8
    Mol Cell Endocrinol 236:31-41. 2005
    ..These novel findings are a contribution to the processes that drive CaBP28k expression regulation in human placenta...
  11. ncbi Inhibition of human trophoblast invasiveness by high glucose concentrations
    Louiza Belkacemi
    Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Botterell Hall, 9th Floor, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:4846-51. 2005
    ..Therefore, through its effects on uPA activity, glucose may be an important regulator of trophoblast invasiveness during implantation and placentation...
  12. ncbi Calbindin-D9k (CaBP9k) localization and levels of expression in trophoblast cells from human term placenta
    Louiza Belkacemi
    , , Succursale Centre-Ville, CP 8888, , , Canada H3C 3P8
    Cell Tissue Res 315:107-17. 2004
    ..The occurrence of CaBP9k protein in trophoblast cells was further confirmed by Western blot analysis. Thus, these results indicate for the first time that CaBP9k is unequivocally expressed by trophoblast cells from human term placenta...