Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 213-221 , March 2010

Decidual NK cell-derived conditioned medium enhances capillary tube and network organization in an extravillous cytotrophoblast cell line

  • Y. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, 2H30-4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
    • The Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 950 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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  • G. Eastabrook

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, 2H30-4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
    • The Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 950 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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  • R. Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, 950 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
    • The Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 950 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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  • C.D. MacCalman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, 2H30-4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
    • The Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 950 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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  • J.P. Dutz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, 950 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
    • The Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 950 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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  • P. von Dadelszen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, 2H30-4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada
    • The Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 950 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: P. von Dadelszen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, 2H30-4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada. Tel.: +1 604 875 3054; fax: +1 604 875 2725.

,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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☆ The study was funded by a pilot grant from the Infection and Immunity Program, Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI). YH is funded through grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, from whom PvD receives salary support. CDMacC and PvD receive salary support from CFRI. PvD, JPD, and RT receive salary support from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.

PII: S0143-4004(09)00401-9

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.12.011

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 213-221 , March 2010

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