Altered placental immune cell composition and gene expression with isolated fetal spina bifida.

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PROBLEM: Fetal spina bifida (SB) is more common in pregnant people with folate deficiency or anomalies of folate metabolism. It is also known that fetuses with SB have a higher risk of low birthweight, a condition that is typically placental-mediated. We therefore hypothesized that fetal SB would associate with altered expression of key placental folate transporters and an increase in Hofbauer cells (HBCs), which...

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• Folic Acid
• Gene Expression
• Phenotype
• Placenta
• Pregnancy