Expression of Placental Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in Physiological Pregnancy, preeclampsia and chorioamnionitis

• Main Authors: Alessandra Casciaro (Author), Felice Arcuri (Author), Rossella Occhini (Author), M. Stefania Toti (Author), Claudio De Felice (Author), Paolo Toti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neurotrophic factors are a group of proteins that act as paracrine and autocrine growth factors. They are involved in the regulation of morphogenesis and development of several tissues. The present study aims to evaluate, for the first time, the expression of Neurotrophin-3 in the human placenta dur...