Introduction: CD24 is a mucin-like glycoprotein expressed at the surface of hematopoietic
and tumor cells and was recently shown to be expressed in the first trimester placenta. As it …

Recent efforts to comprehensively characterize great ape genetic diversity using short-read
sequencing and single-nucleotide variants have led to important discoveries related to …

OBJECTIVES: To compare the distribution of placental protein 13 (PP13) in fetal and
maternal blood and amnionic fluid and to correlate it with PP13 protein and mRNA in the …

Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (pPROM) accounts for nearly half of premature
births. Although several risk factors have been identified, no markers allowing for effective …

Galectins are a family of proteins that bind β-galactosides and play key roles in a variety of
cellular processes including host defence. They have been well studied in hosts but less so …

Background Galectins have numerous cellular functions in immunity and inflammation. Short-
term galectin-2 (Gal-2) blockade in ischemia-induced arteriogenesis shifts macrophages to …

ABSTRACT Placental protein 13 (PP13) induces hypotension in rats. This study aims to
evaluate PP13 effects on isolated uterine arteries from nonpregnant and mid-pregnant rats …

A contributing factor to poor placental perfusion, leading to intrauterine growth restriction
and preeclampsia, is the failure of invading extravillous trophoblast (EVT) cells to remodel …

Growing evidence suggests that galectins, an evolutionarily conserved family of glycan-
binding proteins, fulfill key roles in pregnancy including blastocyst implantation, maternal …

Members of the galectin family are expressed within the female reproductive tract and have
been shown to be involved in multiple biological functions that support the progression of …