The recently identified 14-3-3 tau, whose corresponding gene name is YWHAQ, is in a hypoxia-treated human trophoblast cell line. YWHAQ may play a role in epigenetic regulation of placental genes in the onset of Preeclampsia (PE). Moreover, there was a closer relationship between blood pressure and methylation levels of the YWHAQ promoter.
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