Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 910-918 , October 2010

The Liver X Receptor (LXR) and its Target Gene ABCA1 are Regulated Upon Low Oxygen in Human Trophoblast Cells: A Reason for Alterations in Preeclampsia?

  • T. Plösch

      Affiliations

    • Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Dept. Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Laboratory of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 50 3614865; fax: +31 50 3611746.
    • T.P. and A.G. contributed equally.
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  • A. Gellhaus

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Molecular Biology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
    • T.P. and A.G. contributed equally.
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  • E.M.E. van Straten

      Affiliations

    • Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Dept. Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • N. Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Molecular Biology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • N.C.A. Huijkman

      Affiliations

    • Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Dept. Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • M. Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Dept. Gynecology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • C.E. Dunk

      Affiliations

    • Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  • F. Kuipers

      Affiliations

    • Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Dept. Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Dept. Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • E. Winterhager

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Molecular Biology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany

,Accepted 20 July 2010.

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PII: S0143-4004(10)00278-X

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.07.009

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 910-918 , October 2010

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