Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors are altered in pathologies of the human placenta: Gestational diabetes mellitus, intrauterine growth restriction and preeclampsia

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Funding Acknowledgements

Dr. Martha Lappas is the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) RD Wright Fellowship (Grant No. 454777). Professor Greg Rice is an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Michelle Colomiere (from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women) her assistance with GDM placenta specimen collection. We Would like to thank Dr Stephen Tong (from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash Medical Centre and Monash University) for supplying us with three of the PE placental samples. Finally, the authors acknowledge Clinical Research Midwives, Anne Beeston, Astrid Tiefholz, Renee Grant and Gabrielle Fleming and the Obstetrics and Midwifery staff of the Mercy Hospital for Women (Heidelberg, Victoria) for their Support and co-operation.