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Aurora kinase genetic polymorphisms: an association study in Down syndrome and spontaneous abortion.
Human cell - 1 May 2022
de Castro Carolina Monteiro Leite, Pereira Carolina Oliveto Bastos, Aprigio Joissy, Costa Lima Marcelo A, Ribeiro Márcia G, Amorim Márcia Rodrigues
Abstract excerpt
Aneuploidies, such as Down syndrome (DS), are the leading cause of pregnancy loss. Abnormalities in aurora kinase proteins result in genomic instability and aneuploidy, mainly in tumors. Thus, polymorphisms in Aurora kinase genes could influence the occurrence of DS and spontaneous abortion. A case-control study was conducted including 124 mothers of DS children (DSM) and 219 control mothers (CM) to investigate...
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