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PAPP-A2 deficiency does not exacerbate the phenotype of a mouse model of intrauterine growth restriction.
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E - 12 Jun 2018
Christians Julian K, Lennie Kendra I, Huicochea Munoz Maria F, Binning Nimrat
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BACKGROUND: Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2 (PAPP-A2) is consistently upregulated in the placentae of pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. The causes and significance of this upregulation remain unknown, but it has been hypothesized that it is a compensatory response to improve placental growth and development. We predicted that, if the upregulation of PAPP-A2 in pregnancy...
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