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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2025.075
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Ribosomal gene copy number in peripheral leukocytes of women with normal and complicated pregnancy

Ershova ES1 , Veiko NN1 , Kostyuk EV2 , Poletkina AA3 , Rozhnova TM6 , Nizyaeva NV5 , Muzaffarov DU2 , Klimenko PA4 , Kostyuk SV1
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1 Longevity Institute, Petrovsky Russian Research Centre of Surgery, Moscow, Russia

2 Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

3 Institute of Immunology of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

4 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

5 Avtsyn Research Institute of Human Morphology, Petrovsky Russian Research Centre of Surgery, Moscow, Russia

6 Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Natalia V. Nizyaeva
Abrikosovsky pereulok, 2, k. 1, Moscow, 119435, Russia; moc.liamg@aveaizin

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Funding: the study was conducted under the State Task on the topic “Molecular mechanisms of abnormal cell-cell communication in atypical placentation, proliferative diseases of the reproductive system, and tumor growth” No. 123030700104-3 FURG-2023-0049.

Author contribution: Ershova ES — experimental procedure, manuscript writing; Veiko NN, Kostyuk SV — study concept, manuscript writing; Kostyuk EV — biomaterial collection, describing the disorder; Poletkina AA — material collection, experimental procedure; Rozhnova TM — statistical data processing; Muzaffarov DU — experimental procedure; Nizyaeva NV — study concept, manuscript editing; Klimenko PA — classification of material, describing the disorder.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (protocol No. 228 dated 17 April 2023). The informed consent was submitted by all study participants.

Received: 2025-10-23 Accepted: 2025-11-28 Published online: 2025-12-12
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