Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 65-76 , February 2007

PPARs and the Placenta

  • T. Fournier

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U767, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
    • Université Paris Descartes, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
  • ,
  • V. Tsatsaris

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U767, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
    • Université Paris Descartes, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
    • Maternité Port-Royal, AP-HP, Université René Descartes, Paris 5, France
  • ,
  • K. Handschuh

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U767, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
    • Université Paris Descartes, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
  • ,
  • D. Evain-Brion

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U767, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
    • Université Paris Descartes, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at present address: INSERM U427, Faculté de Pharmacie, 75006 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 (1) 53 73 96 00; fax: +33 (1) 44 07 39 92.

,Accepted 30 April 2006.

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PII: S0143-4004(06)00120-2

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.04.009

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 65-76 , February 2007