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Hyperglycosylated-hCG: Its Role in Trophoblast Invasion and Intrauterine Growth Restriction
16 Jun 2023
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Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is produced by the placenta and its roles have been studied for over a century, being the first known pregnancy-related protein. Although its main role is to stimulate the production of progesterone by corpus luteal cells, hCG does not represent just one biologically active molecule, but a group of at least five variants, produced by different cells and each with different...
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