Placental model as an important tool to study maternal-fetal interface

BM Gonçalves, JB Graceli, PB da Rocha, HP Tilli… - Reproductive …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The placenta is a temporary organ that plays critical roles at the maternal-fetal interface.
Normal development and function of the placenta is dependent on hormonal signaling …

Bioengineering approaches for placental research

ML Wheeler, ML Oyen - Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2021‏ - Springer
Research into the human placenta's complex functioning is complicated by a lack of suitable
physiological in vivo models. Two complementary approaches have emerged recently to …

Feature tracking microfluidic analysis reveals differential roles of viscosity and friction in sickle cell blood

HM Szafraniec, JM Valdez, E Iffrig, WA Lam… - Lab on a Chip, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Characterization of blood flow rheology in hematological disorders is critical for
understanding disease pathophysiology. Existing methods to measure blood rheological …

A massively multi-scale approach to characterizing tissue architecture by synchrotron micro-CT applied to the human placenta

WM Tun, G Poologasundarampillai… - Journal of The …, 2021‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Multi-scale structural assessment of biological soft tissue is challenging but essential to gain
insight into structure–function relationships of tissue/organ. Using the human placenta as an …

Anomalous diffusion of deformable particles in a honeycomb network

Z Shen, F Plouraboué, JS Lintuvuori, H Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2023‏ - APS
Transport of deformable particles in a honeycomb network is studied numerically. It is shown
that the particle deformability has a strong impact on their distribution in the network. For …

Structure-function relationships in the feto-placental circulation from in silico interpretation of micro-CT vascular structures

M Byrne, R Aughwane, JL James… - Journal of theoretical …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A well-functioning placenta is critical for healthy fetal development, as the placenta brings
fetal blood in close contact with nutrient rich maternal blood, enabling exchange of nutrients …

[HTML][HTML] Ex vivo dual perfusion of an isolated human placenta cotyledon: Towards protocol standardization and improved inter-centre comparability

H Schneider, C Albrecht, MS Ahmed, M Broekhuizen… - Placenta, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Since the full development of the ex vivo dual perfusion model of the human placenta
cotyledon, the technique has provided essential insight into how nutrients, lipids, gases …

Multiscale three-dimensional imaging of the placenta

RM Lewis, JE Pearson-Farr - Placenta, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Placental function involves multiple different processes which operate at different scales
from centimetres to nanometres. Everything that the placenta does from mediating blood …

Computational modeling of the interactions between the maternal and fetal circulations in human pregnancy

AR Clark, TC Lee, JL James - WIREs Mechanisms of Disease, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
In pregnancy, fetal growth is supported by its placenta. In turn, the placenta is nourished by
maternal blood, delivered from the uterus, in which the vasculature is dramatically …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the 3Rs for understanding and modeling the human placenta

J Costa, R Mackay, SC de Aguiar Greca… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Modeling the physiology of the human placenta is still a challenge, despite the great number
of scientific advancements made in the field. Animal models cannot fully replicate the …