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The imprinted H19 gene regulates human placental trophoblast cell proliferation via encoding miR-675 that targets Nodal Modulator 1 (NOMO1)
1 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific syndrome mainly characterized by hypertensive disorder and proteinuria after gestational weeks 20. So far the etiology of preeclampsia remains unclear. We previously reported that preeclamptic placentas exhibited decreased mRNA expression and hypermethylation in promoter region of the paternally imprinted H19 gene compared with normal placentas. H19 has recently been...
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