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  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,614 Views
15 Pages

3′-UTR Polymorphisms in the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene (VEGF) Contribute to Susceptibility to Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL)

  • Hui Jeong An,
  • Ji Hyang Kim,
  • Eun Hee Ahn,
  • Young Ran Kim,
  • Jung Oh Kim,
  • Han Sung Park,
  • Chang Soo Ryu,
  • Eun-Gyo Kim,
  • Sung Hwan Cho and
  • Woo Sik Lee
  • + 1 author

Numerous studies have examined the genetic association of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). However, of the four known SNPs in the 3′-untranslated region (3&pri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,833 Views
17 Pages

Study of the Association between VEGF Polymorphisms and the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Koreans

  • Eun-Ju Ko,
  • In-Jai Kim,
  • Jeong-Yong Lee,
  • Hyeon-Woo Park,
  • Han-Sung Park,
  • Sang-Hoon Kim,
  • Jae-Youn Moon,
  • Jung-Hoon Sung and
  • Nam-Keun Kim

Coronary artery disease (CAD), a leading cause of death worldwide, has a complex etiology comprising both traditional risk factors (type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, and cigarette smoking) and genetic factors. Vascular endothelial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,732 Views
17 Pages

2 June 2022

High temperature affects egg quality and increases follicular atresia in teleosts. The present study aimed to explore the regulated mechanism of ovary syndrome of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed to heat stress. To this end, we conducted...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,310 Views
14 Pages

Deciphering Estrus Expression in Gilts: The Role of Alternative Polyadenylation and LincRNAs in Reproductive Transcriptomics

  • Mingzheng Liu,
  • Jiahao Chen,
  • Chunlei Zhang,
  • Shuhan Liu,
  • Xiaohuan Chao,
  • Huan Yang,
  • Asim Muhammad,
  • Bo Zhou,
  • Weiping Ao and
  • Allan P. Schinckel

4 March 2024

The fertility rate and litter size of female pigs are critically affected by the expression of estrus. The objective of this study was to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms of estrus expression by analyzing the differential expression of genes and l...