Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 503-509 , June 2008

Contractility of Placental Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Response to Stimuli Produced by the Placenta: Roles of ACE vs. Non-ACE and AT1 vs. AT2 in Placental Vessel Cells

  • C. Benoit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
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  • Y. Gu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
    • ,
  • Y. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
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  • J.S. Alexander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
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  • Y. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PO Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA. Tel.: +1 318 675 5379; fax: +1 318 675 4671.

,Accepted 13 March 2008.

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PII: S0143-4004(08)00102-1

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.03.002

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 503-509 , June 2008

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