Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8477267 Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 2013 11 Pages PDF
Abstract
Melatonin, an antioxidant, protects the human placental syncytiotrophoblast against hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced oxidative stress and the subsequent mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis damage. These highlight the potential preventive and therapeutic use of melatonin in pregnancy complications characterized by syncytiotrophoblast survival alteration.65
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