Effect of cytokines and growth factors on the secretion of inhibin A, activin A and follistatin by term placental villous trophoblasts in culture.

OBJECTIVE: Maternal serum inhibin A and activin A are higher in pre-eclampsia than in normal pregnancy. The placenta is a source of these proteins in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of growth factors and proinflammatory cytokines that are raised in pre-eclampsia on the...

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Những tác giả chính: Mohan, A, Asselin, J, Sargent, I, Groome, N, Muttukrishna, S
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2001