Introduction: This study aimed to explore the association between ferroptosis, a newly identified type of cell death, and the role of retinoic acid in developing pregnancy complications. Therefore, the effects of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on ferroptosis susceptibility in BeWo cells were assessed to understand abnormal placental development.
Methods: BeWo cells were used as surrogates for cytotrophoblasts.
This study aimed to investigate the side effects of silicone gel sheet (Lady Care) and evaluate its prophylactic efficacy in preventing abnormal scarring. Sixty women who underwent caesarean section were recruited from September 2016 to September 2017 in this prospective study. Lady Care was applied from the 2nd to the 6th postoperative months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a case with discordant results in three prenatal screening methods, with additional genetic analyses. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) was performed on a 41-year-old Japanese woman at 10 weeks of gestation, and the result was positive for trisomy 18 with high accuracy. Amniocentesis was performed at 16 weeks of gestation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present the characterization of a case with a small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) detected prenatally derived from Xq28 and 14q11.2 maternal translocation. A 33-year-old Japanese woman, primigravida, underwent amniocentesis because of fetal growth restriction and fetal structural abnormality at 30 weeks of gestation.
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