Fetal growth restriction is a major determinant of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Screening
for fetal growth restriction is a key element of prenatal care but it is recognized to be …

Implantation, trophoblast differentiation and haemochorial placentation: mechanistic evidence
in vivo and in vitro | Journal of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists Skip to Main Content …

Infection of pregnant women by Asian lineage strains of Zika virus (ZIKV) has been linked to
brain abnormalities in their infants, yet it is uncertain when during pregnancy the human …

Primary cultures of purified human cytotrophoblasts have been used to examine the
expression of the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) gene in placenta. We report here …

Until recently, cells were thought to be integral and discrete components of tissues, and their
state was determined by cell differentiation. However, under some conditions, stem cells or …

Embryo implantation in higher primates is mediated by trophoblast: in the earliest phases by
syncytiotrophoblast, then by both cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast. In the course of …

Human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) readily commit to the trophoblast lineage after
exposure to bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) and two small compounds, an activin A …

Most proteins within living organisms contain sugar chains. Recent advancements in cell
biology have revealed that many of these sugar chains play important roles as signals for …

Luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and thyroid-stimulating
hormone (TSH) from pituitary and chorionic gonadotropin (CG) from placenta are a family of …

This review of vertebrate placental structure attempts to integrate some of the considerable
body of work done using electron microscopic and other techniques since Amoroso's classic …