Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 434-442 , May 2009

Human Placental Adenosine Receptor Expression is Elevated in Preeclampsia and Hypoxia Increases Expression of the A2A Receptor

  • F. von Versen-Höynck

      Affiliations

    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
    • ,
  • A. Rajakumar

      Affiliations

    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • S.A. Bainbridge

      Affiliations

    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
    • ,
  • M.J. Gallaher

      Affiliations

    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • J.M. Roberts

      Affiliations

    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • R.W. Powers

      Affiliations

    • Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Research Institute, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Tel.: +1 412 641 6005; fax: +1 412 641 1503.

,Accepted 23 February 2009.

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PII: S0143-4004(09)00063-0

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.02.004

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 434-442 , May 2009

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