Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 11 , Pages 956-961 , November 2008

Autophagic and Apoptotic Cell Death in Amniotic Epithelial Cells

  • Z.-Y. Shen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Oncologic Pathology, The Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Medical College of Shantou University, 22 Xinling Road, Shantou, 515041 Guangdong, China
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  • E.-M. Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou 515041, China
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  • S.-Q. Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, 515041, China
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  • J. Shen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Oncologic Pathology, The Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Medical College of Shantou University, 22 Xinling Road, Shantou, 515041 Guangdong, China
    • ,
  • Y.-M. Cai

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Center, First Hospital, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou 515041, China
    • ,
  • Y.-E. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Center, First Hospital, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou 515041, China
    • ,
  • R.-M. Zheng

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Oncologic Pathology, The Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Medical College of Shantou University, 22 Xinling Road, Shantou, 515041 Guangdong, China
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  • L.-J. Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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  • L.-Y. Xu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Oncologic Pathology, The Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Medical College of Shantou University, 22 Xinling Road, Shantou, 515041 Guangdong, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 754 88900464; fax: +86 754 88900847.

,Accepted 2 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.09.001

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 11 , Pages 956-961 , November 2008

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