Furthermore, in decidual tissue from PE labor, a clinical condition that is not associated with abortion, but is characterized as impaired placental structure of the spiral arteries, the profile of NKp44 splice variants was not favored [NKp44-1dominant or NKp44-2/3 (50%/50%)], while the profile of NKp30 splice variants showed higher incidence of a NKp30a/b profile, as was seen in 1st trimester decidual tissue. This evidence concerns the gene NCR3 and abortion.