Tarca AL, Romero R, Pique-Regi R, Pacora P, Done B, Kacerovsky M, Bhatti G, Jaiman S, Hassan SS, Hsu CD, Gomez-Lopez N.
BMC Med Genomics. 2020 Feb 12;13(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s12920-020-0690-5.
PMID: 32050959
This represents the largest amniotic fluid transcriptomics study in normal pregnancy, reporting for the first time that single-cell genomic signatures can be tracked in the amniotic fluid and display complex patterns of expression during gestation. PRB researchers also demonstrate a role for alternative splicing in tissue-identity acquisition, organ development, and immune processes. The results herein may have implications for the development of fetal testing to assess placental function and fetal organ maturity.