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Apoptosis
Placental apoptosis is linked to caspase-3 in women without maternal disease
August 4th, 2005
Placental apoptosis is linked to caspase-3 in women without maternal disease. Japanese researchers have examined "the incidence of apoptosis in placentas of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) without maternal disease. They focused on cases of IUGR with both unknown causes and no maternal complications. In addition, they correlated apoptosis of IUGR placentas with the expression of proteins involved in apoptosis and cell turnover." The term placentas were obtained from 16 normal and 10 IUGR pregnancies without maternal symptoms. Subsequently, H. Endo and colleagues, Jikei University School of Medicine, analyzed the "localization of apoptosis and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-04)
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