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Preeclamptic patient-derived circulating cell-free DNA activates the production of inflammatory cytokines via toll-like receptor 9 signalling in the human placenta
2 Aug 2019
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OBJECTIVES: Preeclampsia, a pregnancy-specific syndrome, is associated with maternal systemic and placental inflammatory responses. Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and cf-foetal DNA (cffDNA) in the blood are elevated in patients with preeclampsia and act as danger signals. Placenta-derived foetal DNA induces inflammatory responses and pregnancy complications in mice. However, whether extracellular DNA from the placenta...
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