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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2012 Aug 6;60(3):712–721. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.191817

Figure 4. C3 levels are elevated in the placentas of preeclamptic women.

Figure 4

(A&B) Immunostaining revealed that C3 was deposited on endothelial cells (thin arrow) and trophoblast cells of human chorionic villi (A, Scale bar = 20µM; B, Scale bar = 20µM). (C) Representative western blotting analysis of expression levels of C3 and β-actin in the placentas isolated from normotensive pregnant women (NT) and preeclamptic patients (PE). (D) The ratio of C3 to β-actin protein levels was significantly increased in the placentas of preeclamptic patients (PE) as compared to normotensive pregnant women (NT). n=6 for each group. *P < 0.05 versus normotensive pregnant women.