Sex at the interface: the origin and impact of sex differences in the developing human placenta
Highlights Placental sex differences exist from early prenatal development, and may help explain sex differences in pregnancy outcomes. Transcriptome profiling of early to mid-gestation placenta reveals that immune signaling is a hub of early prenatal sex differences. Differentially expressed genes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Biology of Sex Differences |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-022-00459-7 |