Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 163-168, February 2009

Vitamin C Enhances Phagocytosis of Necrotic Trophoblasts by Endothelial Cells and Protects the Phagocytosing Endothelial Cells from Activation

  • Q. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Hospital of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hospital of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Fudan University, 419 Fangxie Road, Shanghai, China. Tel.: +86 21 6345 5050x288.
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  • D. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • P. Stone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • L.-M. Ching

      Affiliations

    • Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • L. Chamley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Fertility Plus, Greenlane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Accepted 12 November 2008. published online 15 December 2008.

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PII: S0143-4004(08)00382-2

doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.007

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 163-168, February 2009