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. 2017 Aug 29;7:9677. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09814-w

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Effect of advanced maternal age placental and arterial function. (a) Placental system A activity (Na+-dependent 14C-MeAIB uptake), (b) placental TauT activity (Na+-dependent 3H-TauT uptake). Mean ± SEM; linear regression (difference in intercept and elevation, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005). (c) Chorionic plate artery constriction in response to U46619 and (d) relaxation in response to sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in pre-constricted CPA (n = 15/age group). (e) Myometrial artery constriction to U46619, and (f) relaxation to bradykinin (BK) in myometrial vessels from women ages 20–30 (n = 9), 35–39 (n = 17) and ≥40 (n = 6) years of age. Mean ± SEM, 2-Way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post hoc test, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.