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Association of FAS -1377 G>A and FAS -670 A>G functional polymorphisms of FAS gene of cell death pathway with recurrent early pregnancy loss risk.
Journal of reproductive immunology - 1 Mar 2012
Nair Rohini R, Khanna Anuradha, Singh Kiran
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis during the early stages of pregnancy enables the remodeling of the uterus for proper placentation. Apoptosis in the maternal activated cytotoxic T lymphocytes allows maternal immune tolerance to pregnancy and in glandular and stromal cells it helps with trophoblastic endometrial invasion. FAS gene is expressed at the maternal-fetal interface and is involved in the regulation of immune response and...
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