Effects of simvastatin, rosuvastatin and pravastatin on soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) and soluble endoglin (sENG) secretion from human umbilical vein endothelial cells, primary trophoblast cells and placenta

Fiona C Brownfoot; Stephen Tong; Natalie J Hannan; Roxanne Hastie; Ping Cannon; Tu'uhevaha J Kaitu'u-Lino

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Effects of simvastatin, rosuvastatin and pravastatin on soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) and soluble endoglin (sENG) secretion from human umbilical vein endothelial cells, primary trophoblast cells and placenta

Fiona C Brownfoot, Stephen Tong, Natalie J Hannan, Roxanne Hastie, Ping Cannon, Tu'uhevaha J Kaitu'u-Lino

BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH | BMC | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-0902-3

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Tu'uhevaha Lino Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Roxanne Hastie Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Stephen Tong Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Fiona Brownfoot Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

Ping Cannon Author Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was funded by The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC; #1048707, #1046484) and an Arthur Wilson RANZCOG scholarship. FB was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and an AVANT scholarship. The NHMRC provided salary support (#1050765 to ST #1062418 to TKL). The University of Melbourne provided salary support to NJH (CR Roper Fellowship). The funders had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.