TAC3 and preeclampsia: 2000) in the outer syncytiotrophoblasts near the maternal circulation at term. Based on literature showing increased NKB in plasma from preeclampsia women (Page et al. 2000; D’Anna et al. 2004; Liu et al. 2009), I hypothesized that NKB will be increased in the circulation and placentas of placental ischemic rats.