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Down-regulation of the transcription factor snail in the placentas of patients with preeclampsia and in a rat model of preeclampsia
1 Jan 2012
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BACKGROUND: Placental malfunction in preeclampsia is believed to be a consequence of aberrant differentiation of trophoblast lineages and changes in utero-placental oxygenation. The transcription factor Snail, a master regulator molecule of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in embryonic development and in cancer, is shown to be involved in trophoblast differentiation as well. Moreover, Snail can be controlled by...
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