Vascular distribution patterns in monochorionic twin placentas.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To elucidate whether trophoblast expansion and invasion are modulated by androgen signaling in an in vitro co-culture model system with decidualizing endometrial stromal cells (ESCs). METHODS:We employed an in vitro co-culture model of early embryo implantation, consisting of human ESCs (EtsT499 cells) an...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Wongwananuruk T,Sato T,Kajihara T,Matsumoto S,Akita M,Tamura K,Brosens JJ,Ishihara O

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental ultrasonographic, bio- and histochemical studies were performed on four unrelated fetuses affected with Niemann-Pick disease Type A, following prostaglandin-induced abortion at about the 19th week of gestation. An accumulation of sphingomyelin in the placentae of affected fetuses indicates the essential role...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Schoenfeld A,Abramovici A,Klibanski C,Ovadia J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensinogen is the substrate for the enzyme renin. In addition to the well-characterized low molecular weight forms of angiotensinogen, a high molecular weight form (HMrA) comprises about 15 per cent of the total angiotensinogen in plasma of pregnant women. In the current study the different forms of angiotensinog...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Lenz T,Sealey JE,Tewksbury DA

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The placental renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in placentation. We have shown that prorenin mRNA (REN) is expressed in a first trimester trophoblast cell line (HTR-8/SVneo) but not in a choriocarcinoma cell line (BeWo). We attempted to stimulate RAS expression in these cells by cAMP, 5'-aza-2'-deoxycytidine ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Wang Y,Pringle KG,Lumbers ER

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placentas and plasma from women with and without Chagas' disease and cultures of human placental villi with Trypanosoma cruzi, neuraminidase, phospholipase A2 and phospholipase C were analyzed in order to verify if the alterations in placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) enzyme activity are caused by T. cruzi as obser...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Lin S,Sartori MJ,Mezzano L,de Fabro SP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In humans, it is known that blood flow is directed to the gravid uterus from two (right and left) pelvic uterine arteries. The extent of supply from the tubo-ovarian anastomosis (joining of the ovarian and uterine arteries) is unknown. The aim of this study was to delineate the arterial blood supply to the p...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Balasuriya H,Bell P,Waugh R,Thompson J,Gillin A,Hennessy A,Makris A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic maternal asthma is associated with reduced growth of the female fetus and normal growth of the male fetus. The mechanisms that control the differential effects of maternal asthma on the fetus have not been fully elucidated but alterations in placental function may play a role. In the current study we...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Osei-Kumah A,Smith R,Jurisica I,Caniggia I,Clifton VL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A localized intrauterine inflammatory response is often associated with the initiation of normal human parturition, whereas infection causes a similar but more florid response initiating preterm labor. Pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) is expressed in the human fetal membranes and is up-regulated by labor, sev...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Kendal CE,Bryant-Greenwood GD

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Placental transport is the main factor affecting the health and development of the fetus. Due to the placenta's geometrical and mathematical complexity, the structure-function relations of placental terminal villi have not been successfully modeled. Hence, a novel modeling approach is proposed. METHODS:Co...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Plitman Mayo R,Charnock-Jones DS,Burton GJ,Oyen ML

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Infection accounts for over 40% of preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes (PPROM), a major cause of preterm birth. Toll-like receptors (TLR) play key roles in pathogen surveillance but their expression and function in amnion mesenchymal cells (AMC) is unclear. The aims of this study were to deter...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Sato BL,Collier ES,Vermudez SA,Junker AD,Kendal-Wright CE

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Miscarriage is the most common placental-related complication of pregnancy. It has been extensively investigated to discover the underlying mechanism(s) by which miscarriage occurs, but in many cases the etiology still remains unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze genome-wide expression profiles of...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Lyu SW,Song H,Yoon JA,Chin MU,Sung SR,Kim YS,Lee WS,Yoon TK,Cha DH,Shim SH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We have identified some critical aspects concerning umbilical cord tissue mesenchymal stem cells: the lack of standards for cell isolation, expansion and cryopreservation, the lack of unanimous opinions upon their multilineage differentiation potential and the existence of very few results related to the f...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Dulugiac M,Moldovan L,Zarnescu O

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Decidual leukocytes are critical to the development of the fetomaternal interface, regulating tolerance to the semi-allogeneic fetus and vascular transformation of the uterine spiral arteries. Despite the continuation of these processes beyond the first trimester of pregnancy, the second trimester has larg...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Kwan M,Hazan A,Zhang J,Jones RL,Harris LK,Whittle W,Keating S,Dunk CE,Lye SJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal fever is common during pregnancy and has for many years been suspected to harm the developing fetus. Whether increased maternal temperature produces exaggerated apoptosis in trophoblast cells remains unclear. Since p53 is a critical regulator of apoptosis we hypothesized that increased temperature in placenta...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Pérez-Pérez A,Toro AR,Vilarino-Garcia T,Guadix P,Maymó JL,Dueñas JL,Varone CL,Sánchez-Margalet V

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial function is required to support energetically-demanding processes in the placenta. As such, a compromise in mitochondrial function could severely impact fetal growth and development. Respirometry is a highly useful method for studying mitochondrial function, but is not possible in freeze-thawed mitochond...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Colleoni F,Morash AJ,Ashmore T,Monk M,Burton GJ,Murray AJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the gene encoding a new stress-induced protein termed reducing agent and tunicamycin-responsive protein (RTP) was identified. The function of RTP is unknown, however, the strong upregulation of RTP during cellular differentiation, and exposure to stress conditions including hypoxia suggests a specific role f...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Gratton RJ,Gluszynski M,Nygard K,Mazzuca DM,Graham CH,Han VK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the biological and pathological features of choriocarcinoma, we evaluated the in vitro production of cytokines by a choriocarcinoma cell line, BeWo. We measured the concentration of interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 in the culture media of BeWo cells after stimulation with various modulatory agents of cytokine ex...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Fujisawa K,Nasu K,Arima K,Sugano T,Narahara H,Miyakawa I

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The ratio of birthweight to placental weight (BW:PW) is often used as a measure of placental efficiency in humans and animals. However, ratios have properties that are known to lead to spurious results. An alternative approach is the use of residuals from regression, which reflect whether birthweight is hi...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Christians JK,Grynspan D,Greenwood SL,Dilworth MR

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IPL/TSSC3 gene is expressed nearly exclusively from the maternal allele, and its protein product acts to limit placental growth in mice. This protein specifically marks Type II trophoblast in the labyrinthine layer of the mouse placenta. To investigate mouse-human homologies, we carried out immunohistochemistry wi...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Saxena A,Frank D,Panichkul P,Van den Veyver IB,Tycko B,Thaker H

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human placenta aminopeptidase A (APA), a principal enzyme that converts angiotensin II to angiotensin III, seems to be involved in angiotensin II metabolism during pregnancy. In this study, we investigated the possible effects of progesterone and estrogen on APA mRNA and protein levels in choriocarcinoma cells as a...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Katsumata Y,Nomura S,Ino K,Iwanaga K,Kurosawa N,Ito T,Okada M,Tsujimoto M,Kikkawa F,Mizutani S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia (PE) is a serious pregnancy-related syndrome, which is characterized by gestational hypertension and proteinuria. The microRNA-93 (miR-93) is upregulated in the maternal plasma of patients with PE. However, the functional role of miR-93 in PE remains unknown. Here, we identified that miR-93 inhibits troph...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Pan Q,Niu H,Cheng L,Li X,Zhang Q,Ning Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational diabetes mellitus is a common medical complication in pregnancy. Recent findings demonstrate that glyburide is effluxed against a concentration gradient from the fetal to the maternal circulation. However, the transport systems involved in the active efflux of glyburide in the human placenta have not yet b...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Pollex E,Lubetsky A,Koren G

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from during the prepartal period, the main oestrogen produced by the bovine trophoblast is oestrone sulphate (E1S) which does not bind to nuclear oestrogen receptors (ER). High steroid sulphatase (StS) activities previously detected in the maternal part of bovine placentomes (caruncles) suggest the local activat...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Greven H,Kowalewski MP,Hoffmann B,Geyer J,Rex-Haffner M,Ugele B,Schuler G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of nickel (Ni) uptake, transfer, retention and clearance in fetuses and late gestational rats were investigated by assessing its distributions in placenta, maternal and fetal organs and tissues during the 24 h period after a single dose of (63)Ni intraperitoneal injection on gestational day 20. Peak (63)N...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Hou YP,Gu JY,Shao YF,Song YF,Jing YH,Wu WS,Pu S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine inflammation contributes to neonatal infection-related morbidity. A new histological framework of placental inflammation has recently been proposed; however, the association between this method and clinical findings has not been defined. To assess the clinical relevance of this system, we studied placenta...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Yamada N,Sato Y,Moriguchi-Goto S,Yamashita A,Kodama Y,Sameshima H,Asada Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that crossing two mouse models of fetal growth restriction (FGR) of differing phenotype would induce more severe FGR than either model alone. Female endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice (eNOS(-/-)) were mated with placental-specific Igf2 knockout males (P0). Resultant fetuses were n...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Dilworth MR,Kusinski LC,Baker BC,Renshall LJ,Baker PN,Greenwood SL,Wareing M,Sibley CP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small single-stranded RNA molecules working as post-transcriptional modulators of gene expression. Trophoblast cells are a heterogenous group of fetal cells forming the feto-maternal interface and displaying a wide spectrum of functions. The regulation of their behavior may partly unde...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Morales-Prieto DM,Chaiwangyen W,Ospina-Prieto S,Schneider U,Herrmann J,Gruhn B,Markert UR

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The umbilical cord (UC) connects the fetal blood supply to the placenta, so is exposed to all systemic endo- and xenobiotics. We have extensive experience using UC as an analytical matrix for detecting and/or quantitating drugs, chemicals and endogenous compounds. This technical note describes advantages (large amount...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Price HR,Chehroudi C,Knight SJ,Smith AD,Lai D,Kim H,Wright TE,Coughtrie MW,Collier AC

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Placentae from normal term pregnancies, from "normal" preterm pregnancies and from pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia have been analysed by computerized histometry. An immunoperoxidase technique was used to stain specifically human placental lactogen in the syncytiotrophoblast. The percentage and mass of syncyti...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Boyd PA,Brown RA,Coghill GR,Slidders W,Stewart WJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor Krüppel-Like Factor 6 (KLF6) has important roles in cell differentiation, angiogenesis, apoptosis, and proliferation. Furthermore, there is evidence that KLF6 is required for proper placental development. While oxygen is a critical mediator of trophoblast differentiation and function, the invo...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Racca AC,Ridano ME,Bandeira CL,Bevilacqua E,Avvad Portari E,Genti-Raimondi S,Graham CH,Panzetta-Dutari GM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00