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Advanced glycation end-products change placental barrier function and tight junction in rats with gestational diabetes mellitus via the receptor for advanced glycation end products/nuclear factor-κB pathway

YUEHUA SHI^1,#, QIUYING YAN^2,#, QIN LI³, WEI QIAN¹, DONGYAN QIAO¹, DONGDONG SUN², HONG YU^1,*

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210023, China
2 School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China
3 School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China

* Corresponding Author: Hong Yu,
# Authors contributed equally to this work