LPL and gestational diabetes: Protein expression for LPL and EL was localized to syncytiotrophoblasts and endothelial cells and also to stromal cells including Hofbauer cells and decidual cells (LPL (Figure 3A,B) and EL (Figure 4A,B)).There was no clear difference in the protein expression between placentae from control women or those with GDM for either LPL (Figure 3C,D) or EL (Figure 4C,D).