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Genetic background influences susceptibility to exencephaly in Scavenger receptor Class B type 1-deficient mouse embryos.
Placenta - 1 Jan 2026
Romero-Muñoz Camila, Romo-Toledo Patricia, Belledonne Gabriela, Busso Dolores
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INTRODUCTION: Neural tube defects (NTD) are congenital malformations influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Mouse embryos deficient in Scavenger Receptor Class B Type 1 (SR-B1) exhibit female-skewed cranial NTD (exencephaly). This defect is preventable by maternal vitamin E supplementation in a C57BL/6J:129S1/SvImJ (B6:129) 1:1 background. In humans, genetic variability-such as differences across races...
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