Heat shock protein 27 is spatially distributed in the human placenta and decreased during labor.

Placental oxidative stress is a feature of human labor. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) play a key role in cellular stress. We hypothesized that placental expression of the small HSP 27 would be altered during labor and expression would vary in different regions of the placenta. Six women in labor who de...

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Main Authors: Akrem Abdulsid, Alexander Fletcher, Fiona Lyall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3750034?pdf=render