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SUBMITTER: Majali-Martinez A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496590 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Majali-Martinez Alejandro A Hoch Denise D Tam-Amersdorfer Carmen C Pollheimer Jürgen J Glasner Andreas A Ghaffari-Tabrizi-Wizsy Nassim N Beristain Alexander G AG Hiden Ursula U Dieber-Rotheneder Martina M Desoye Gernot G
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20200702 8
Adequate anchoring of the placenta in the uterus through invasion of first trimester cytotrophoblasts (CTB) is required for a successful pregnancy. This process is mediated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and regulated by the maternal environment. Obesity is known to alter the intrauterine milieu and has been related to impaired invasion. We hypothesized that placental MMP15, a novel membrane-type MMP, is involved in CTB invasion and regulated by maternal obesity in early pregnancy. Thus, in ...[more]