STOX1 overexpression in choriocarcinoma cells mimics transcriptional alterations observed in preeclamptic placentas.

BACKGROUND: Mutations in STOX1 were proposed to be causal for predisposing to preeclampsia, a hypertensive disorder originating from placental defects, affecting up to 10% of human pregnancies. However, after the first study published in 2005 three other groups have dismissed the polymorphism descri...

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Main Authors: Virginie Rigourd, Caroline Chauvet, Sonia T Chelbi, Régis Rebourcet, Françoise Mondon, Franck Letourneur, Thérèse-Marie Mignot, Sandrine Barbaux, Daniel Vaiman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2592700?pdf=render