ST13 polymorphisms and their effect on exacerbations in steroid-treated asthmatic children and young adults

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Steroid Androgen Exposure during Development Has No Effect on Reproductive Physiology of Biomphalaria glabrata

Funding: The research presented in this manuscript was wholly funded by National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/. ‘The Snail Assay as an Alternative to the Rodent Hershberger Assay for Detecting Androgens and Anti-androgens’ funding reference: G0900802/1 to SJ, EJR, CSJ, and LRN. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

The human placental proteome is affected by maternal smoking

Acknowledgements This paper belongs to the studies carried out by Kuopio Birth Cohort consortium (www.KuBiCo.fi). We thank Ms Pirjo Hänninen for expert laboratory assistance at University of Eastern Finland, Ms Margaret Fraser, Dr Panagiotis Filis and the Proteomics Core Facility at the University of Aberdeen for their expert assistance. We also thank the staff of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Kuopio University Hospital for skilful collection of these specimens. This work was supported by the Academy of Finland [122859/2007], the Helena Vuorenmies Foundation, the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, the University of Eastern Finland Doctoral Programme in Drug Research and the Medical Research Council, UK [MR/L010011/1]. The funders played no roles in study design, data collection, data analysis, manuscript preparation and/or publication decisions.