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Table 1 Glucose uptake by gestational tissue explants

From: Regulation of TIMP-1 in Human Placenta and Fetal Membranes by lipopolysaccharide and demethylating agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine

 

24 hrs

48 hrs

 

Control

AZA

LPS

AZA + LPS

Control

AZA

LPS

AZA + LPS

Placenta

0.80 ± 0.13

0.92 ± 0.09

0.79 ± 0.08

0.86 ± 0.06

0.43 ± 0.04

0.63 ± 0.02

0.49 ± 0.05

0.48 ± 0.06

Amnion

0.98 ± 0.02

0.92 ± 0.02

0.86 ± 0.03

0.91 ± 0.02

0.84 ± 0.02

0.85 ± 0.01

0.76 ± 0.02

0.73 ± 0.01

Choriodecidua

0.43 ± 0.03

0.47 ± 0.07

0.41 ± 0.06

0.40 ± 0.06

0.38 ± 0.05

0.41 ± 0.04

0.39 ± 0.03

0.45 ± 0.04

  1. Glucose uptake by placenta, amnion and choriodecidua explants was measured in conditioned culture media by enzymatic colourimetric assay.
  2. Data are presented as glucose uptake μmol/mg/min (mean ± SEM; n = 8)
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

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