The effect of gestational age on angiogenic gene expression in the rat placenta.

The placenta plays a central role in determining the outcome of pregnancy. It undergoes changes during gestation as the fetus develops and as demands for energy substrate transfer and gas exchange increase. The molecular mechanisms that coordinate these changes have yet to be fully elucidated. The s...

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Main Authors: Kanchan Vaswani, Melissa Wen-Ching Hum, Hsiu-Wen Chan, Jennifer Ryan, Ryan J Wood-Bradley, Marloes Dekker Nitert, Murray D Mitchell, James A Armitage, Gregory E Rice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24391823/pdf/?tool=EBI