Characteristic impairment of progesterone response in cultured cervical fibroblasts obtained from patients with refractory cervical insufficiency

Abstract Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of neonatal mortality, and reducing the PTB rate is one of the most critical issues in perinatal medicine. Cervical insufficiency (CI), a major cause of PTB, is characterised by premature cervical ripening in the second trimester, followed by recurre...

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Main Authors: Yosuke Sugita, Yoshimitsu Kuwabara, Akira Katayama, Shigeru Matsuda, Ichiro Manabe, Shunji Suzuki, Yumiko Oishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37732-7