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Hypertension in Pregnancy Volume 34, 2015 - Issue 2
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) are increased in the pre-eclamptic placenta

Rita MachaalaniDepartment of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Correspondence[email protected]
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Emma GhazaviDepartment of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
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Rona Victoria DavidDepartment of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
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Tina HintonDepartment of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
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Angela MakrisHeart Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia,
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Annemarie HennessyHeart Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia, ;School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Pages 227-240 | Published online: 20 Feb 2015

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Connor F. Laule, Cameron R. Wing, Evan J. Odean, Jacob A. Wilcox, Jeffrey S. Gilbert & Jean F. Regal. (2017) Effect of nicotine on placental ischemia-induced complement activation and hypertension in the rat. Journal of Immunotoxicology 14:1, pages 235-240.
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Yi Zhao, Markku Pasanen & Jaana Rysä. (2023) Placental ion channels: potential target of chemical exposure. Biology of Reproduction 108:1, pages 41-51.
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S. Thomson, K.A. Waters, A. Hennessy & R. Machaalani. (2021) The unfolded protein response and apoptotic regulation in the human placenta due to maternal cigarette smoking and pre-eclampsia. Reproductive Toxicology 105, pages 120-127.
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Abdalla M. Wedn, Hany M. El-Bassossy, Ali H. Eid & Mahmoud M. El-Mas. (2021) Modulation of preeclampsia by the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway: Therapeutic perspectives. Biochemical Pharmacology 192, pages 114703.
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Arunnjah Vivekanandarajah, Morgan E. Nelson, Hannah C. Kinney, Amy J. Elliott, Rebecca D. Folkerth, Hoa Tran, Jacob Cotton, Perri Jacobs, Megan Minter, Kristin McMillan, Jhodie R. Duncan, Kevin G. Broadbelt, Kathryn Schissler, Hein J. Odendaal, Jyoti Angal, Lucy Brink, Elsie H. Burger, Jean A. Coldrey, Johan Dempers, Theonia K. Boyd, William P. Fifer, Elaine Geldenhuys, Coen Groenewald, Ingrid A. Holm, Michael M. Myers, Bradley Randall, Pawel Schubert, Mary Ann Sens, Colleen A. Wright, Drucilla J. Roberts, Laura Nelsen, Shabbir Wadee, Dan Zaharie & Robin L. Haynes. (2021) Nicotinic Receptors in the Brainstem Ascending Arousal System in SIDS With Analysis of Pre-natal Exposures to Maternal Smoking and Alcohol in High-Risk Populations of the Safe Passage Study. Frontiers in Neurology 12.
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Hongmei Xu, Qingyang Shi, Yanxiang Mo, Linlin Wu, Jishuang Gu & Ying Xu. (2019) Downregulation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in peripheral blood monocytes is associated with enhanced inflammation in preeclampsia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 19:1.
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Emilie Hitzerd, Michelle Broekhuizen, Rugina I. Neuman, Katrina M. Mirabito Colafella, Daphne Merkus, Sam Schoenmakers, Sinno H.P. Simons, Irwin K.M. Reiss & A.H. Jan Danser. (2019) Human Placental Vascular Reactivity in Health and Disease: Implications for the Treatment of Pre-eclampsia. Current Pharmaceutical Design 25:5, pages 505-527.
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R. Machaalani, E. Ghazavi, T. Hinton, A. Makris & A. Hennessy. (2018) Immunohistochemical expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunits in the human placenta, and effects of cigarette smoking and preeclampsia. Placenta 71, pages 16-23.
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Qinqin Gao, Jiaqi Tang, Na Li, Bailin Liu, Mengshu Zhang, Miao Sun & Zhice Xu. (2018) What is precise pathophysiology in development of hypertension in pregnancy? Precision medicine requires precise physiology and pathophysiology. Drug Discovery Today 23:2, pages 286-299.
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Luiza Oliveira Perucci, Mário Dias Corrêa, Luci Maria Dusse, Karina Braga Gomes & Lirlândia Pires Sousa. (2017) Resolution of inflammation pathways in preeclampsia—a narrative review. Immunologic Research 65:4, pages 774-789.
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Arunnjah Vivekanandarajah, Atqiya Aishah, Karen A. Waters & Rita Machaalani. (2017) Intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia effects on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the developing piglet hippocampus and brainstem. NeuroToxicology 60, pages 23-33.
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Atqiya Aishah, Tina Hinton & Rita Machaalani. (2017) Cellular protein and mRNA expression of β1 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit in brain, skeletal muscle and placenta. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 58:1, pages 9-16.
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