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As recently indicated [ 30 ] , certain types of placental abnormality have also been ascribed to the villous immaturity (low or no Thy-1 differentiation protein expression in placental villi and a lack of blood sinusoid dilatation - PT4, see above) accompanied by an existing (diabetes mellitus) or absent placental hypertrophy (intrauterine growth retardation) - Table 1. However, it has been suggested that although chronic placental adaptations may be successful for the fetal survival, e.g. in placental senescence or maternal diabetes, they may lead to adverse outcomes later in the life of an individual [ 22 ] . Therefore, although it might not be apparent in the newborn, the abnormal placenta may indicate a burden for the future of an individual and for the quality of the human population.
Each fraction was checked for DNA binding activity by gel retardation assay using a 32P labelled DNA fragment containing ACS elements.
The Copper-phenanthroline footprint assay was performed essentially by using the protocol described by Kuwabara et al [ 29 ] . The DNA-protein gel is run in the absence of free radical scavengers as described in gel retardation assay.
Deletion of pcu1 and pcu3 results either in lethality or in severe growth retardation, respectively [ 6].
Lack of estrogens (PhR-/E2-) caused retardation and E2 supplementation stimulated syncytium formation in trophoblast cultures derived from both normal and abnormal placentae.