ArticlePloS one2016
Midkine and Pleiotrophin Concentrations in Amniotic Fluid in Healthy and Complicated Pregnancies.
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- Integration of single-cell transcriptome of female early gonadal development in bovine, goats, and pigs.iScience · 2026Article
- The Molecular Mechanisms of HLA-G Regulatory Function on Immune Cells during Early Pregnancy.Biomolecules · 2023Review
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- Midkine: The Who, What, Where, and When of a Promising Neurotrophic Therapy for Perinatal Brain Injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Review
- Plasma midkine concentrations in healthy children, children with increased and decreased adiposity, and children with short stature.PloS one · 2019Article
- Sexually Dimorphic Gene Expression Associated with Growth and Reproduction of Tongue Sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) Revealed by Brain Transcriptome Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundMidkine (MDK) and pleiotrophin (PTN) are heparin-binding growth factors that, in rodents, are highly expressed in early life and decrease to undetectable levels by adulthood. The potential roles of MDK and PTN in human growth and development are not completely elucidated. METHOD AND
findingsTo delineate the role of MDK and PTN in human development, we developed high sensitivity assays to measure their concentrations in amniotic fluid (AF) at various gestational ages in both healthy and complicated pregnancies. We found that both of these growth factors could be readily measured in AF and that the concentrations were higher than most cytokines previously reported in AF.
conclusionThe concentration of MDK but not that of PTN declined with gestational age. Both MDK and PTN concentrations were found to be lower in pregnancies that were complicated by chorioamnionitis at term, raising the possibility that these growth factors might be useful as markers for infection.
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