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    A functional mechanism for a non-coding variant near AGTR2 associated with risk for preterm birth

    Preterm birth (PTB), defined as delivery before 37 gestational weeks, imposes significant public health burdens. A recent maternal genome-wide association study of spontaneous PTB identified a noncoding locus ...

    Li Wang, Robert M. Rossi, **aoting Chen, **g Chen, Jilian Runyon in BMC Medicine (2023)

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    Variants in the fetal genome near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 associate with gestational duration

    The duration of pregnancy is influenced by fetal and maternal genetic and non-genetic factors. Here we report a fetal genome-wide association meta-analysis of gestational duration, and early preterm, preterm, ...

    Xue** Liu, Dorte Helenius, Line Skotte, Robin N. Beaumont in Nature Communications (2019)