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Objective To study the expressions of foliate binding protein 1(Folbp1),Wnt and ?-catenin genes on the heart of offspring during the development of embryo,whose mother was deficient of folic acid.Methods Control group involving 18 rats and study group involving 18 rats were choosen from the total 36 adult female SD rats randomly copulate with the male normal rats after feeding different fodder for 2 weeks.The heart of the 13.5,17.5 days embryos and the newborns were obtained.The expressions of Folbp1,Wnt and ?-catenin genes mRNA at the 3 periods were evaluated by RT-PCR.Results The expressions of Folbp1,Wnt and ?-catenin genes mRNA of the study group were significantly weaker than those of the control group in heart of the 13.5,17.5 days embryos and the newborns(all P
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Objective To explore the effects of various dosage and multiple course of Dexamethasone(DEX) on the expressions of WNTs,?-catenin and glycogen synthase kmase-3?(GSK-3?) genes in the lung of premature rats on the 19th day of embryo.Methods Twelve pregnant SD rats were divided into 3 groups randomly:small dose DEX group,large dose DEX group and control group with 4 rats in each group.The rats in control group were injected with saline 9 g/L;rats in small dose DEX group were injected with DEX 0.4 mg/(kg?d),and the rats in large dose DEX group were injected with DEX 0.8 mg/(kg?d) after DEX was diluted to 0.5 mL with saline.On the 19th day of gestation,fetuses were surgically taken out.The reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction PCR method was used to detect expressions of WNT7b,WNT5a,WNT2,GSK-3? and ?-catenin genes mRNA.Results The expressions of WNT7b(0.55?0.19,0.64?0.54)and ?-catenin(2.03?0.58,2.40?0.89)genes mRNA in small dose DEX group and large dose DEX group were significantly higher than those of control group(WNT7b:0.18?0.10,?-catenin:1.77?0.54)(Pa