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Noncoding RNA-regulated gain-of-function of STOX2 in Finnish pre-eclamptic families.
Scientific reports - 24 Aug 2016
Oudejans Cees Bm, Poutsma Ankie, Michel Omar J, Thulluru Hari K, Mulders Joyce, van de Vrugt Henri J, Sistermans Erik A, van Dijk Marie
Abstract excerpt
The familial forms of early onset pre-eclampsia and related syndromes (HELLP) present with hypertension and proteinuria in the mother and growth restriction of the fetus. Genetically, these clinically similar entities are caused by different founder-dependent, placentally-expressed paralogous genes. All susceptibility genes (STOX1, lincHELLP, INO80B) identified so far are master control genes that regulate an...
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