Follistatin-like 3, an activin A binding protein, is involved in early pregnancy loss.

CONCLUSIONS: FSTL3 plays a biological role in the establishment and maintenance of normal pregnancy. Moreover, FSTL3 may be involved in the early pregnancy loss via neutralizing the elevated activin A.
PMID: 31810141 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Biomedicine and pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine and pharmacotherapie - December 9, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Xu Y, Xie J, Wan L, Wang M, Xu Y, Wang H, Dong M Tags: Biomed Pharmacother Source Type: research