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Insulin-like growth factor axis in pregnancies affected by fetal growth disorders

BACKGROUND: Insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 (IGF1 and IGF2) and their binding proteins (IGFBPs) are expressed in the placenta and known to regulate fetal growth. DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism which involves addition of methyl group to a cytosine base in the DNA forming a methylated...

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Autores principales: Nawathe, Aamod R., Christian, Mark, Kim, Sung Hye, Johnson, Mark, Savvidou, Makrina D., Terzidou, Vasso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4730659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26823688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-016-0178-5