Li, Yuantao
Guo, Jingjing
Zhang, Haixia
Li, Zhidan
Ren, Yushan
Jiang, Yuzhu
Liu, Xianbing
Hu, Xuemei
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Shandong Natural Science Foundation (ZR2020MH304)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81871680)
Taishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong Province (ts201712066)
Article History
Received: 8 May 2023
Accepted: 30 June 2023
First Online: 17 July 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments, and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Binzhou Medical University (Approval Number 2016-029). The women who participated in the study were diagnosed by a professional obstetrician and gynecologist as having normal early pregnancies without any complications, were not on any medication, had no history of toxoplasma infection and voluntarily chose to terminate their pregnancies. All samples were taken with the participants' permission, and all participants signed informed consent forms. Animals in this study were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium to minimize suffering.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.