Why the study?
Does thrombomodulin deficiency affect embryonic survival and development in mice?
Population
Mice and embryos with targeted thrombomodulin gene deficiency and wild-type littermates
Comparison
Targeted disruption of the murine thrombomodulin… vs Wild-type (TM+/+) littermates
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
Up to embryonic day 9.5 in vivo
Authors
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TM essential for murine embryogenesis; leaves open relevance to human pregnancy loss or therapeutic targeting.
Does thrombomodulin deficiency affect embryonic survival and development in mice?
Thrombomodulin is essential for normal embryonic development in utero, as its absence causes embryonic lethality before the development of a functional cardiovascular system.
Healy et al. (1995) studied this question.