Professor, Pediatrics, USF-Morsani

Neonat/Perinatology

Dr. Michael E. Fant, MD

Michael Fant works in the field of Neonat/Perinatology. He attended Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Michael E. Fant has written publications. He has 40 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Soluble HLA-G in human placentas: synthesis in trophoblasts and interferon-gamma-activated macrophages but not placental fibroblasts.'

Publications

Plac1 (placenta-specific 1) is widely expressed during fetal development and is associated with a lethal form of hydrocephalus.
Plac1 (placenta-specific 1) is essential for normal placental and embryonic development.
Plac1 is a tumor-specific antigen capable of eliciting spontaneous antibody responses in human cancer patients.
The Nexus of Prematurity, Birth Defects, and Intrauterine Growth Restriction: A Role for Plac1-Regulated Pathways.
PLAC1 Expression Decreases in Chorionic Villi in Response to Labor.
Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and IGF binding proteins-1, -2, and -3 in newborn serum: relationships to fetoplacental growth at term.
Cholinergic elements in a human choriocarcinoma cell line.
Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (BP) from human placenta are immunologically related to the growth hormone dependent binding protein in adult human serum (...
Production of insulin-like growth factor binding protein(s) (IGF-BPs) by human placenta: variation with gestational age.
Heterogeneity of AtT-20 cell glucocorticoid binding sites: evidence for a membrane receptor.
Circulating levels of IGFs and IGF binding proteins in human cord serum: relationships to intrauterine growth.
An autocrine/paracrine role for insulin-like growth factors in the regulation of human placental growth.
Type I insulin-like growth factor receptors in the BeWo choriocarcinoma cell (b30 clone) during cell differentiation.
Glypican-3 (GPC3) expression in human placenta: localization to the differentiated syncytiotrophoblast.
PLAC1 expression increases during trophoblast differentiation: evidence for regulatory interactions with the fibroblast growth factor-7 (FGF-7) axis.
PLAC1, a trophoblast-specific gene, is expressed throughout pregnancy in the human placenta and modulated by keratinocyte growth factor.
PLAC1 (Placenta-specific 1): a novel, X-linked gene with roles in reproductive and cancer biology.
The specific immune response to tumor antigen CP1 and its correlation with improved survival in colon cancer patients.
The PLAC1 protein localizes to membranous compartments in the apical region of the syncytiotrophoblast.
Overexpression of insulin-like growth factor-II induces accelerated myoblast differentiation.
Developmentally regulated expression of IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in human placental fibroblasts: effect of exogenous IGFBP-3 on IGF-1 action.
Human placental endothelin: expression of endothelin-1 mRNA by human placental fibroblasts in culture.
Glucocorticoid binding to solubilized components of human placental trophoblast membranes.
Syncytiotrophoblast membrane vesicles: a model for examining the human placental cholinergic system.
In vitro growth rate of placental fibroblasts is developmentally regulated.
Evidence for carrier-mediated transport of glucocorticoids by human placental membrane vesicles.
The placenta in nutrition.
Perturbation of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid transport in human placental membranes: direct effects by HgCl2, CH3HgCl, and CdCl2.
A potential role for endothelin-1 in human placental growth: interactions with the insulin-like growth factor family of peptides.
Hypertension in the black community--an overview.
Glucocorticoid uptake into human placental membrane vesicles.
Hypertension in the black community an overview--part II.
IGF regulation of neutral amino acid transport in the BeWo choriocarcinoma cell line (b30 clone): evidence for MAP kinase-dependent and MAP kinase-independent mechanisms.
IGF binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) is preferentially associated with the fetal-facing basal surface of the syncytiotrophoblast in the human placenta.
Soluble HLA-G in human placentas: synthesis in trophoblasts and interferon-gamma-activated macrophages but not placental fibroblasts.
Spatial polarization of insulin-like growth factor receptors on the human syncytiotrophoblast.
Insulin and insulin-like growth factors in human development: implications for the perinatal period.
Study on mechanism of action of Chinese medicine Chan Su: dose-dependent biphasic production of nitric oxide in trophoblastic BeWo cells.
The placental cholinergic system: localization to the cytotrophoblast and modulation of nitric oxide.

Schools

Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Children39s Hospital Boston
Harvard Med School

Doctors Specialties

Neonatal Medicine
Neonat/Perinatology

Accepted Insurances

Education

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Hospital

All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine
Tampa General Hospital

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