Fetuses Emit Hormone Crucial to Preventing Preeclampsia (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Fetuses Emit Hormone Crucial to Preventing Preeclampsia

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Hormonal signals from a developing fetus help recruit special cells (shown here in green) that enlarge the mother's blood vessels (black area), sending more blood to the fetus and preventing preeclampsia.

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Caron Lab, UNC School of Medicine

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