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

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Effect of maternal age on AMA murine amino acid transfer and umbilical and uterine artery function. (a) Rate of uni-directional maternofetal clearance of 14C-MeAIB per gram of placenta (µl/min/g placenta), (b) total maternofetal transfer of 14C-MeAIB independent of fetal or placental size, (c) the rate of uni-directional maternofetal clearance of 3H-Taurine per gram of placenta (µl/min/g placenta), and (d) total maternofetal transfer of 3H-Taurine independent of fetal or placental size **p < 0.001, Mann-Whitey U Test. Effect of advanced maternal age on umbilical artery: (e) constriction to U46619, and (f) relaxation to sodium nitroprusside (SNP) (control n = 6, AMA n = 4) and uterine artery: (g) constriction to a phenylephrine and (h) relaxation to acetyl choline (ACh). Data are mean ± SEM. 2 Way ANOVAs with Bonferroni’s Multiple Comparison (con n = 7, AMA n = 5), *p < 0.05.