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Fig. 2

From: Expression of urotensin II is associated with placental autophagy in patients with severe preeclampsia

Fig. 2

Expressions of LC3 in placental tissue by immunochemistry. Expressions of LC3 in SPE group were highly increased and were mainly located in the cytoplasm of placental trophoblastic cells and syncytiotrophoblast cells (brown deposits), a for normal pregnancy; b for MPE group; and c for SPE group. e For NC group, f MPE group, and g SPE group, LC3 expression was located in extravillous trophoblast (brown deposits). There was significantly higher integral optical density (IOD) of LC3 expression in placenta in SPE group in comparison with normal controls by semiquantitative analysis (d) (*P < 0.05 compared with normal control) (color figure online)

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