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BioMed Research International
Volume 2014, Article ID 597357, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/597357
Research Article

Effect of Hypoxia on the Calcium and Magnesium Content, Lipid Peroxidation Level, and Ca2+-ATPase Activity of Syncytiotrophoblast Plasma Membranes from Placental Explants

Delia I. Chiarello,1 Reinaldo Marín,1 Fulgencio Proverbio,1 Zully Benzo,2 Sandy Piñero,1 Desirée Botana,1 and Cilia Abad1

1Laboratorio de Bioenergética Celular, Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), IVIC-CBB, Apartado Postal 21827, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
2Laboratorio de Química Analítica, Centro de Química, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Apartado Postal 21827, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela

Received 27 March 2014; Revised 22 July 2014; Accepted 23 July 2014; Published 7 August 2014

Academic Editor: Luis Sobrevia

Copyright © 2014 Delia I. Chiarello et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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