Human Endogenous Retroviruses Are Preferentially Expressed in Mononuclear Cells From Cord Blood Than From Maternal Blood and in the Fetal Part of Placenta

• Main Authors: Massimiliano Bergallo (Author), Luca Marozio (Author), Giovanni Botta (Author), Annalisa Tancredi (Author), Valentina Daprà (Author), Ilaria Galliano (Author), Paola Montanari (Author), Alessandra Coscia (Author), Chiara Benedetto (Author), Pier Angelo Tovo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Placenta shows high transcription levels of human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) that are overexpressed during embryonic and fetal development.Methods: In order to gather further information on the degree of HERV activation in maternal and fetal tissues we assessed the transcription lev...