Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 175-186 , February 2008

Effects of Oxygen on Cell Turnover and Expression of Regulators of Apoptosis in Human Placental Trophoblast

  • A.E.P. Heazell

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0161 276 5460; fax: +44 0161 276 6134.
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  • H.A. Lacey

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • C.J.P. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • B. Huppertz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Center of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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  • P.N. Baker

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • I.P. Crocker

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK

,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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☆ This manuscript is not being considered for publication elsewhere. The authors have no professional or financial affiliations resulting in a conflict of interest of this publication.

PII: S0143-4004(07)00265-2

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.11.002

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 175-186 , February 2008

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