Isolation of macrophages (Hofbauer cells) from human term placenta and their prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane production

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 847-852

  Wetzka, B ^a,b   Clark, D E ^a   Charaock Jones, D S ^a   Zahradnik, H P ^b   Smith, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Isolation; Macrophages; Placenta; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2; THROMBOXANE; THROMBOXANE A2;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; MACROPHAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA;

EID: 0031008057     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.4.847     Document Type: Article

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