Decrease in Sphingomyelin (d18:1/16:0) in Stem Villi and Phosphatidylcholine (16:0/20:4) in Terminal Villi of Human Term Placentas with Pathohistological Maternal Malperfusion.

Placental villi play pivotal roles in feto-maternal transportation and phospholipids constitute a major part of the villous membrane. We have been developing and optimizing an imaging system based on a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)-based mass spectrometer, which provides clear...

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Main Authors: Kaori Yamazaki, Noritaka Masaki, Yukiko Kohmura-Kobayashi, Chizuko Yaguchi, Takahiro Hayasaka, Hiroaki Itoh, Mitsutoshi Setou, Naohiro Kanayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4646668?pdf=render