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In twin pregnancies these adaptive requirements are higher than in singleton pregnancies, therefore it is important to understand how circulating relaxin behaves in such conditions. This prospective cohort study aims to determine the serum relaxin\u20102 levels throughout gestation in twin pregnancies and to investigate its association with the mode of conception.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Blood samples were collected during each trimester of gestation from 26 women with twin pregnancies obtained through spontaneous conception (SC, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200918) or assisted reproductive technologies, specifically through intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ART, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20098). Serum relaxin\u20102 levels were measured by a highly sensitive ELISA method.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results indicated that serum relaxin\u20102 level peaks in the first trimester (491.05\u2009\u00b1\u2009207.41\u2009pg\/mL), then decreases in the second trimester (446.27\u2009\u00b1\u2009180.4\u2009pg\/mL; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.057) and in the third trimester (422.19\u2009\u00b1\u2009194.30\u2009pg\/mL; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.025). Interestingly, the serum relaxin\u20102 level was higher in the spontaneous conception group with respect to the assisted reproductive technologies group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), when measured at each trimester of gestation. In addition, the multivariate regression analysis showed that only the assisted reproductive technologies had a significant impact on serum levels of relaxin\u20102 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and no significant association was found with other women's clinical and demographic characteristics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings extend the current knowledge about the pattern of circulating relaxin\u20102 throughout gestation in twin pregnancies, providing a sensitive measurement of serum relaxin\u20102 levels and a description of its putative physiological roles in humans.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jog.16190","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,24]],"date-time":"2024-12-24T04:20:23Z","timestamp":1735014023000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Relationship between relaxin\u20102 levels in serum and mode of conception in twin gestations: A prospective cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"51","author":[{"given":"Angela","family":"Silvano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology Careggi Hospital, University of Florence  Florence Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Oumaima","family":"Ammar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology Careggi Hospital, University of Florence  Florence Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Astrid","family":"Parenti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences Clinical Pharmacology and Oncology Section, University of Florence  Florence Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Noemi","family":"Strambi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology Careggi Hospital, University of Florence  Florence Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Viola","family":"Seravalli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology Careggi Hospital, University of Florence  Florence Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniele","family":"Bani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Research Unit of Human Histology &amp; 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