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. 2020 Mar 13;44(5):1087–1096. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-0561-3

Fig. 3. qPCR expression in E13 male and female placentae.

Fig. 3

a Validated RNA-seq genes. b Hand1, required for trophoblast giant cell (TGC) differentiation; Prl2c2, a marker of spiral artery-associated TGC and canal-associated TGC; Pdgfb, a growth factor that regulates placental labyrinthine layer development. qPCR data were normalized to the reference genes Gapdh and Pmm1. Results are shown as mean ± SEM in arbitrary units relative to Male Control average expression. *Denotes maternal obesity effect (P < 0.05) and # denotes sex difference (P < 0.05), according to two-way ANOVA, n = 10/group. ªRnf222 and Cnn1 expression levels were low at E13 placentae, with average Cq values above 31 and 29, respectively.