Measurement of the mass of syncytiotrophoblast in a range of human placentae using an image analysing computer.

abstract：:Second trimester maternal serum human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) levels in women who remained normotensive but delivered an unexplained growth retarded infant were compared with those from a control group and a group of women who developed pre-eclampsia in a retrospective observational study. Our hypothesis was tha...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Luckas MJ,Sandland R,Hawe J,Neilson JP,McFadyen IR,Meekins JW

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal and fetal cellular relationships in the normal human term placental basal plate were investigated by single and double immunohistochemical labelling techniques. Extravillous fetal trophoblast in the basal plate was uniformly reactive with markers of low-molecular-weight cytokeratins. The predominant maternal ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Bulmer JN,Smith J,Morrison L,Wells M

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines middle and late gestational placentae from 13 Tayassu tajacu (collared peccary) and 3 Tayassu pecari (white-lipped peccary), which are Artiodactyla belonging to the Family Tayassuidae. The chorionic sac of Tayassu species is diffuse and chorioallantoic. These epitheliochorial placentae show no trop...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Santos TC,Dantzer V,Jones CJ,Oliveira MF,Miglino MA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic villitis of unknown etiology (CVUE) and massive chronic intervillositis (MCI) are placental lesions associated with infiltration of mononuclear cells in the chorionic villi and the intervillous spaces, respectively. It is not well known whether immune cells in CVUE and MCI have similar phenotypic c...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Labarrere CA,Hardin JW,Haas DM,Kassab GS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placentae from both smoking and non-smoking mothers were studied with respect to P450-dependent xenobiotic and steroid-metabolizing reactions, GSHt activity with different substrates and umbilical blood cotinine levels. Catalytic activities were determined in both freshly prepared homogenate subfractions and subfracti...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Pasanen M,Pelkonen O

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between the highly invasive trophoblasts and the maternal uterine decidual extracellular matrix (ECM) are crucial in the determination of a successful pregnancy. Fibulin-5 (FBLN5) is a member of the fibulin family that alters cell adhesive and invasive properties and is expressed in human villous cytotrop...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Winship A,Cuman C,Rainczuk K,Dimitriadis E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Umbilical cord blood is an important graft source in the treatment of many genetic, hematologic, and immunologic disorders by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Millions of cord blood units have been collected and stored for clinical use since the inception of cord blood banking in 1989. However, the use of cord...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Mantri S,Sheikali A,Binns C,Lyell DJ,DiGiusto DL,Porteus MH,Agarwal-Hashmi R

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Minerals, such as calcium and potassium, are essential for fetal development, but their transplacental transport, and in particular, the effect of hormones on this process has not been extensively studied. Human alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (h alpha CGRP), a hormone constituted of 37 amino acids, is obtained ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Lafond J,St-Pierre S,Masse A,Savard R,Simoneau L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its homologue, transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha), regulate human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) synthesis in the human placenta. The current study was designed to investigate the involvement of the protein kinase C pathway in EGF-mediated hCG-beta production by JAr choriocarc...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Baker VL,Murai JT,Taylor RN

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that oestrogen has a central integrative role in regulating key components of the progesterone biosynthetic and corticosteroid metabolic pathways within syncytiotrophoblasts that govern placental function and maturation of the fetal pituitary-adrenocortical axis. Studies utilizing classic binding procedu...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Billiar RB,Pepe GJ,Albrecht ED

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine growth and development can impact upon the long-term health of an individual. The fetus is dependent upon the placenta for its supply of nutrients and oxygen from the mother. In turn, the functional capacity of the placenta to supply that demand is under the control of the fetal and maternal genomes. Rece...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Angiolini E,Fowden A,Coan P,Sandovici I,Smith P,Dean W,Burton G,Tycko B,Reik W,Sibley C,Constância M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in placental remodelling throughout pregnancy. Diabetes mellitus induces alterations in tissue production of NO, a regulator of MMPs activity. The present work evaluates placental and fetal MMPs and NO levels during midpregnancy in neonatal streptozotocin-induced diabetic ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Pustovrh MC,Jawerbaum A,Capobianco E,White V,López-Costa JJ,González E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In maternal diabetes the placenta is large with abnormal vascular development and increased villous volume. We used a novel stereological 3D power Doppler ultrasound technique to investigate differences in-vivo in the placental fractional volume of power Doppler signal (FrVol-PD) between women with and witho...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Jones NW,Deshpande R,Mousa HA,Mansell P,Raine-Fenning N,Bugg G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic material previously detected in human placental trophoblastic cells by immunoperoxidase staining using a goat antiserum against the feline RD114 retrovirus structural protein p30 was isolated by immunochromatography from normal syncytiotrophoblast. The antigen was used to immunize mice, and of the monoclonal...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Wahlström T,Nieminen P,Närvänen A,Suni J,Lehtovirta P,Saksela E,Vaheri A

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to explore serum levels of differentially abundant proteins between women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and women with normal-term pregnancy, and to explore the contribution of SH3BGRL3 to the pathogenesis of HDP. METHODS:At 6-20 weeks gestation 48 pregnant...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Jiang M,Lash GE,Zeng S,Liu F,Han M,Long Y,Cai M,Hou H,Ning F,Hu Y,Yang H

更新日期：2020-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietrich Starck (1908-2001) was a German embryologist who wrote extensive reviews on comparative placentation. FINDINGS:Starck's embryology textbook and his comprehensive review of comparative embryology and placentation give excellent insights into the foundational literature and are extensively referenced...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Carter AM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To gain insight into the process of labor and the effects of labor on placental gene expression, we performed a microarray analysis to identify the differentially expressed transcripts that may participate in labor onset and progression. METHODS:We compared expression profiles in placentas from 16 women who...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Lee KJ,Shim SH,Kang KM,Kang JH,Park DY,Kim SH,Farina A,Shim SS,Cha DH

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Autophagy, a process for cellular cleaning through the removal of intracellular components in lysosomes, is a well conserved mechanism from yeast to mammalian cells, and also contributes to the maintenance of cellular homeostasis and of the energetic balance, in cellular and tissue remodeling, and cellular defense aga...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Saito S,Nakashima A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wharton's jelly contains large amounts of hyaluronic acid, and glucosamine is an important constituent of this macromolecule. In order to evaluate the placental vascular effects of this aminosugar, small chorionic and stem villous arteries were dissected from placental specimens obtained at normal term vaginal deliver...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Uldbjerg N,Allen J,Maigaard S,Forman A

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant mothers are exposed to a wide variety of foreign chemicals. This exposure is most commonly due to maternal medication, lifestyle factors, such as smoking, drug abuse, and alcohol consumption, or occupational and environmental sources. Foreign compounds may interfere with placental functions at many levels e.g...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Myllynen P,Pasanen M,Pelkonen O

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm birth is a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality, so strategies to reduce early birth must remain a priority. One key approach to enhancing birth outcomes is improving maternal dietary intake. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to discuss mechanisms on perinatal status of fat-soluble nutrients (...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Thoene M,Van Ormer M,Yuil-Valdes A,Bruett T,Natarajan SK,Mukherjee M,Thompson M,Nordgren TM,Van Lippevelde W,Overby NC,Adu-Bonsaffoh K,Anderson-Berry A,Hanson C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and all-trans-retinal (retinal) were evaluated as possible phagocytic stimulators of cultured, post implantation, trophoblast cells. Ectoplacental cones dissected from 7.5 day-old mouse embryos provided the source of trophoblastic cells. Co-cultures were performed using stimulated and n...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Albieri A,Bevilacqua E

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in primary human trophoblasts provide critical insights into placental function in normal and complicated pregnancies. Mechanistic studies in these cells require experimental tools to modulate gene expression. Lipid-based methods to transfect primary trophoblasts are fairly simple to use and allow for the effi...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Rosario FJ,Sadovsky Y,Jansson T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether telomere shortening may play a role in senescence of the placenta. STUDY DESIGN:Villous tissue was collected from single, random sites of full-term placentas (39-41 weeks of gestation; n=10) as well as multiple, specific sites of the same placenta (39-41 weeks of gestation; n=5). For t...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Allsopp R,Shimoda J,Easa D,Ward K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize the expression of adrenomedullin during pregnancy, we measured the mature and total concentrations in maternal plasma and amniotic fluid, and examined its expression in fetoplacental tissues. Plasma samples were obtained from 13 normal normotensive non-pregnant women and 14 normal normotensive...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Kanenishi K,Kuwabara H,Ueno M,Sato C,Sakamoto H,Hata T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of the maternal and fetal immune systems in the events of pregnancy was generally overlooked by reproductive biologists until the mid-twentieth century when many landmark explorations were reported. Now, more than half a century later, it is well understood that with the initiation of pregnancy, immune cel...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Hunt JS,Petroff MG

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-eclampsia and placenta accreta have opposite histological features of placentation. This study set out to test the hypotheses that the sex ratios in these two pregnancy complications are opposite and that these conditions are mutually exclusive. A population-based database covering all deliveries in South Australi...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Khong TY,Staples A,Chan AS,Keane RJ,Wilkinson CS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental size has been an interesting topic of research for many years. The main aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of measuring the placental volume at the end of the first trimester using three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound and to correlate these volumes to known placental functional indices and to ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Metzenbauer M,Hafner E,Hoefinger D,Schuchter K,Stangl G,Ogris E,Philipp K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryo implantation is the group of processes by which the developing blastocyst adheres to, and embeds into, the receptive endometrium. Changes in the expression of molecules on the cell surface have been seen in the conversion of the endometrial surface from a non-receptive to a receptive state. Cell adhesion molecu...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Zhao M,Chang C,Liu Z,Chen LM,Chen Q

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00