Comparative proteomics analysis suggests that placental mitochondria are involved in the development of pre-eclampsia.
INTRODUCTION: Pre-eclampsia (PE), a severe pregnancy-specific disease characterized by the new onset of hypertension, proteinuria, edema, and a series of other systematic disorders, is a state of widespread mitochondrial dysfunction of the placenta. METHODS: We compared the morphology of mitochondri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3650054?pdf=render |