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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Comparative proteomic and genetic testing methods in miscarriage

Klimenko PA1 , Lisitsa AV2 , Petushkova NA2 , Veiko NN3 , Kostyuk SV3 , Ershova ES3 , Klimenko MP1 , Gerasimova AA4 , Yusef OV1 , Vaschenko SI1 , Kurtser MA1
About authors

1 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

2 Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

3 Institute of Biology of Aging and Healthy Longevity Medicine with a Clinic of Preventive Medicine, Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery, Moscow, Russia

4 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Pyotr A. Klimenko
Novatorov, 3, Moscow Москва, 119421, Russia; ur.umsr@ap_oknemilk

About paper

Funding: the study was conducted as part of the Program for Basic Research in the Russian Federation for the Long Term (2021–2030) (No. 122030100170-5).

Acknowledgements: mass spectrometry measurements were conducted using the equipment of the Human Proteome SRF of the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry (Russia).

Author contribution: equally.

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). All the surveyed individuals submitted the informed consent to take part in the study.

Received: 2025-12-08 Accepted: 2026-01-19 Published online: 2026-01-28
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