Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 11-14 , January 2009

Over-expression of SOCS-3 Gene Promotes IL-10 Production by JEG-3 Trophoblast Cells

  • Q. Dong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150086, P.R. China
    • ,
  • R. Fan

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LSUHSC-Shreveport, PO Box 33932, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA. Tel.: +1 318 675 5379; fax: +1 318 675 4671.

,Accepted 6 October 2008.

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☆ This study was supported in part by grants from National Institute of Health, NICHD (HD36822) and NHLBI (HL65997), and presented at the 55th Annual Meeting for Society for Gynecologic Investigation, March 26–29, 2008, San Diego, CA.

PII: S0143-4004(08)00336-6

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.10.008

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 11-14 , January 2009

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