Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, United States.
Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, United States.
Elife. 2020 Oct 12;9:e63128. doi: 10.7554/eLife.63128.
High levels of proteins called proteoglycans in the walls of umbilical arteries enable these arteries to close rapidly after birth and thus prevent blood loss in newborns.
在脐动脉壁中高水平的蛋白聚糖使这些动脉在出生后能迅速关闭,从而防止新生儿失血。