Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 599-606 , July 2009

Relaxin Stimulates Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-8 Secretion from the Extraplacental Chorionic Cytotrophoblast

  • G.D. Bryant-Greenwood

      Affiliations

    • John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    • The Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii, 651 Ilalo Street, Bioscience Building, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. Tel.: +1 808 692 1470; fax: +1 808 692 1966.
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  • S.Y. Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • The Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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  • D.W. Sadowsky

      Affiliations

    • The Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA
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  • M.G. Gravett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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  • M.J. Novy

      Affiliations

    • The Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA

,Accepted 25 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.04.009

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Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 599-606 , July 2009

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