Table 2.

Angiogenic factor mRNA expression in the maternal (caruncular) and fetal (cotyledonary) portion of the placentomes

	Caruncular (n = 6)		Cotyledon (n = 6)
Gene of interest	Control	Selenium	Control	Selenium
VEGF	0.73 ± 0.16	0.74 ± 0.09	1.92 ± 0.22	2.79 ± 0.54†
VEGFR-1	1.34 ± 0.32	1.53 ± 0.23	3.40 ± 0.28	4.65 ± 0.84**
VEGFR-2	0.62 ± 0.05	0.87 ± 0.13	1.73 ± 0.22	1.73 ± 0.23
bFGF	4.91 ± 1.00	5.93 ± 0.76	2.80 ± 0.64	2.58 ± 0.36
FGF-R	1.91 ± 0.34	1.94 ± 0.36	4.33 ± 0.30	4.98 ± 0.67
ANG-1	0.56 ± 0.13	0.63 ± 0.07	1.72 ± 0.30	1.94 ± 0.27
ANG-2	0.87 ± 0.19	1.07 ± 0.12	2.24 ± 0.41	2.65 ± 0.48
TIE-2	1.24 ± 0.16	1.74 ± 0.31	2.51 ± 0.36	2.63 ± 0.20

Data are for ewes fed Control diets and ewes fed diets containing 3 p.p.m. Se from high-Se wheat, and are expressed relative to the 18S ribosomal mRNA level; significant differences between Control and Selenium are shown in bold.

^**Means ± standard error of the mean within a tissue and differ, P < 0.09.

^†Means ± standard error of the mean within a tissue and differ, P < 0.05.