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Placental Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Is Up-Regulated by Pregnancy Serum<sup>1</sup>
1 Oct 2000
Abstract excerpt
Lipid metabolism plays an important role in normal pregnancy adaptation and in pathological pregnancy (e.g. preeclampsia). In the current studies we examined the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) in tissues and cells relevant to human pregnancy. We found that PPARgamma is expressed in placental cytotrophoblasts in vivo and in trophoblasts (primary and choriocarcinoma...
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