FIGURE 1.

QKI5 is down‐regulated in placentas from preeclampsia patients. A, Representative images from immunohistochemistry analysis of QKI5 expression in human placentas under normal and preeclampsia conditions. Scale bar: 100 μm. B, QKI5 mRNA expression in placentas detected by qPCR. N = 20 per group. C, Representative Western blotting and densitometric quantification of QKI5 protein expression levels in four out of 20 normal and preeclampsia placentas. Shown is the mean ± standard deviation (SD) from at least three independent experiments. Statistical significance was calculated using Student's t test. ^**** P < .0001; ^** P < .01