abstract：:The ANP knockout mouse is reported to exhibit pregnancy-associated hypertension, proteinuria and impaired placental trophoblast invasion and spiral artery remodeling, key features of pre-eclampsia (PE). We hypothesized that these mice may provide a relevant model of human PE with associated fetal growth restriction (F...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Finn-Sell SL,Renshall LJ,Cowley EJ,Dilworth MR,Wareing M,Greenwood SL,Sibley CP,Cottrell EC

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:A major issue in the transcriptomic study of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) in humans is the inability to collect healthy control tissue at the same gestational age (GA) to compare with pathologic preterm tissue. Thus, gene expression differences identified after the standard comparison of sPTB and term ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Eidem HR,Rinker DC,Ackerman WE 4th,Buhimschi IA,Buhimschi CS,Dunn-Fletcher C,Kallapur SG,Pavličev M,Muglia LJ,Abbot P,Rokas A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To study the relationship between 2-dimensional placental ultrasound measurements and maternal serum (MS) levels of biomarkers of placentation and in pregnancies presenting with an isolated abnormally high or low birthweight at term, without evidence of placental insufficiency. METHOD:We performed a popul...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： David AL,Jauniaux E

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures located at the termini of chromosomes. They are essential for chromosome stability. Telomeres become shorter due to mitotic cycles and environmental factors. When telomeres are shortened and therefore dysfunctional, cellular senescence occurs and organ dysfunction might develop. ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Biron-Shental T,Sadeh-Mestechkin D,Amiel A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Maternal magnesium (Mg) deficiency has been associated with fetal growth restriction. Using a mouse model of maternal Mg deficiency-induced fetal growth restriction, we sought to investigate the effect of Mg deficiency on placental physiology and function. METHODS:In vivo: Pregnant Swiss Webster mice were fe...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Rosner JY,Gupta M,McGill M,Xue X,Chatterjee PK,Yoshida-Hay M,Robeson W,Metz CN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adverse effects of obesity have been linked to inflammation in various tissues, but studies on placental inflammation and obesity have demonstrated conflicting findings. We sought to investigate the influence of pregravid obesity and fetal sex on placental histopathology while controlling for diabetes and hyp...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Leon-Garcia SM,Roeder HA,Nelson KK,Liao X,Pizzo DP,Laurent LC,Parast MM,LaCoursiere DY

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs) are widely used in industry and consumer products. Pregnant women are exposed to PFAAs and their presence in umbilical cord blood represents fetal exposure. Interestingly, PFAAs are substrates for organic anion transporters (OAT) of which OAT4 is expressed in human placen...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Kummu M,Sieppi E,Koponen J,Laatio L,Vähäkangas K,Kiviranta H,Rautio A,Myllynen P

更新日期：2015-10-01 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:The aim of this study is to determine whether the gene expression and associated DNA methylation regulation of H19 and IGF2 are altered in placentas conceived by assisted reproductive technologies (ART) compared to natural conceptions. METHODS:113 pregnancies were recruited resulting in 119 placentas (83 ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Sakian S,Louie K,Wong EC,Havelock J,Kashyap S,Rowe T,Taylor B,Ma S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Elevated circulating non-esterified fatty acids including oleic acid (OA) are associated with many pregnancy related complications. Prostaglandins (PGs) play crucial roles during parturition. We investigated the effect of OA supplementation on PG production using an in vitro model of ovine placenta. METHO...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Cheng Z,Abayasekara DR,Elmes M,Kirkup S,Wathes DC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aquaporins (AQP1, 3, 8, 9 and 11) are known to be expressed, and involved in the transport of water and small molecules through fetal membranes. To exert these crucial functions, these AQPs have to be finely regulated. All-trans-retinoic acid (atRA) was previously found to regulate some genes in this e...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Prat C,Bouvier D,Comptour A,Marceau G,Belville C,Clairefond G,Blanc P,Gallot D,Blanchon L,Sapin V

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The feto-maternal interface during bovine implantation was studied in vivo and using three-dimensional bovine endometrial (BCECph) and trophoblast spheroids (CCS), each with underlying fibroblasts. METHODS:The expression of ezrin and cytokeratin 18 (CK18) was analyzed via immunohistochemistry (IHC), RT-PC...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Haeger JD,Hambruch N,Dantzer V,Hoelker M,Schellander K,Klisch K,Pfarrer C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Human placenta and chorion are rapidly growing transient embryonic organs built from diverse cell populations that are of either, ectodermal [placenta and chorion specific trophoblast (TB) cells], or mesodermal origin [villous core and chorionic mesenchyme]. The development of placenta and chorion is...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Genbačev O,Vićovac L,Larocque N

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Hypotaurine is a precursor of taurine and an antioxidant, and is concentrated in fetal plasma compared to maternal plasma. Hypotaurine is significantly decreased in fetal plasma of ezrin (Vil2) knock-out mice, and fetuses show intrauterine growth retardation. The aim of this study was to characterize the m...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Nishimura T,Duereh M,Sugita Y,Yoshida Y,Higuchi K,Tomi M,Nakashima E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is the failure of a fetus to reach its full genetic growth potential. It occurs in up to 8% of pregnancies, and after premature birth is the second leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity. There is no treatment currently available for FGR. Its primary cause, when not attributable...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Swanson AM,David AL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Notch signalling has been shown to control cytotrophoblast (CTB) proliferation, differentiation and motility suggesting that the conserved signalling pathway could be critical for human placental development. Since individual Notch receptors have not been elucidated, we herein investigated expression patte...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Plessl K,Haider S,Fiala C,Pollheimer J,Knöfler M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is the first hormonal message from the placenta to the mother. It is detectable in maternal blood two days after implantation and behaves like an agonist of LH stimulating progesterone secretion by the corpus luteum. hCG has also a role in quiescence of the myometrium and local immun...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Fournier T,Guibourdenche J,Evain-Brion D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The placenta is a transient organ the functioning of which has health consequences far beyond the embryo/fetus. Understanding the biology of any system (organ, organism, single cell, etc) requires a comprehensive and inclusive approach which embraces all the biomedical disciplines and 'omic' technologies a...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Mayhew TM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annexins are soluble proteins that bind to biological membranes containing negatively charged phospholipids, principally phosphatidylserine, in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. Annexin-A5 (AnxA5), the smallest member of the annexin family, presents unique properties of membrane binding and self-assembly into ordered two-dim...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Bouter A,Carmeille R,Gounou C,Bouvet F,Degrelle SA,Evain-Brion D,Brisson AR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Elevated circulating soluble FLT1 (sFLT1) levels seen in preeclampsia may play a role in its development. Aspirin is recommended for prevention of preeclampsia. We hypothesized that aspirin may inhibit the production of sFlt1. METHODS:Placentas from women with and without preeclampsia were collected. Prim...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Li C,Raikwar NS,Santillan MK,Santillan DA,Thomas CP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental development is a highly regulated process requiring signals from both fetal and maternal uterine compartments. Within this complex system, trophoblasts, placental cells of epithelial lineage, form the maternal-fetal interface controlling nutrient, gas and waste exchange. The commitment of progenitor villous ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Aghababaei M,Beristain AG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Escherichia coli is recognized as an etiological bacteria associated with chorioamnionitis and the preterm premature rupture of fetal membranes. This pathological condition induces pro-inflammatory cytokines and degradative metalloproteinases, which are considered biological markers secreted in an acute st...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Osorio-Caballero M,Perdigón-Palacio C,García-López G,Flores-Herrera O,Olvera-Sánchez S,Morales-Méndez I,Sosa-González I,Acevedo JF,Guzmán-Grenfell AM,Molina-Hernández A,Díaz NF,Flores-Herrera H

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasing harm in pregnancy. Inflammatory processes in the placenta seem to have an influence on pathogenesis besides known factors like maternal BMI. Galectin-13 (gal-13) is an immunoregulatory protein, which is suspected to play a role in development of GDM in t...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Unverdorben L,Hüttenbrenner R,Knabl J,Jeschke U,Hutter S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is associated with adverse pregnancy outcome, usually attributed to hyperglycemia. Recently, we showed that pregnancy outcome in normoglycemic T1D rats was characterized by decreased fetal and placental weight, suggesting impaired placental development. In the present study, we tested...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Groen B,Uuldriks GA,de Vos P,Visser JT,Links TP,Faas MM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:During a pregnancy complicated by diabetes, the human placenta undergoes a number of functional and structural pathologic changes, such as increased placental weight and increased incidence of placental lesions including villous maturational defects and fibrinoid necrosis. The pathologic findings reported ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Huynh J,Dawson D,Roberts D,Bentley-Lewis R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been postulated in the pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia (PE) and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), but its activation remains elusive. Oxidative stress induced by ischaemia/hypoxia-reoxygenation activates ER stress in vitro. Here, we explored whether exposure to la...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Veerbeek JH,Tissot Van Patot MC,Burton GJ,Yung HW

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:The placenta is an abundant source of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSC). Although presumed of translationally-advantageous fetal origin, the literature instead suggests a high incidence of either contaminating or pure maternal MSC. Despite definitional criteria that MSC are CD34-, increasing evidence suggests that ...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Patel J,Shafiee A,Wang W,Fisk NM,Khosrotehrani K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Preeclampsia is characterized by maternal endothelial dysfunction. While the mechanisms leading to preeclampsia are unclear, a factor(s) from the placenta is responsible for triggering the disease. One placental factor implicated in triggering preeclampsia is trophoblast debris which may transmit pathogeni...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Shen F,Wei J,Snowise S,DeSousa J,Stone P,Viall C,Chen Q,Chamley L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of placental growth factor (PGF), an angiokine product of fetal trophoblasts and maternal decidual cells, on early decidual angiogenesis are undefined. We used whole-mount immunofluorescence analyses to compare uterus and gestation day 4.5-9.5 mouse implantation sites that differed genetically in fetal or mate...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Rätsep MT,Carmeliet P,Adams MA,Croy BA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a liver disorder unique to pregnancy that is associated with increased rates of fetal distress and demise. While acute hypoxia is believed to cause the pathophysiology of ICP, direct molecular evidence for this is lacking. Here, we analyzed expression of three...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Wei W,Hu YY

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:miRNAs are small non-coding RNAs important for the regulation of mRNA in many organs including placenta. Adipokines and specifically leptin are known to be dysregulated in preeclampsia, but little is known regarding their regulation by miRNAs during pregnancy. METHODS:We performed high-throughput sequenci...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Weedon-Fekjær MS,Sheng Y,Sugulle M,Johnsen GM,Herse F,Redman CW,Lyle R,Dechend R,Staff AC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epigenetics is tissue-specific and potentially even cell-specific, but little information is available from human reproductive studies about the concordance of DNA methylation patterns in cord blood and placenta, as well as within-placenta variations. We evaluated methylation levels at promoter regions of ca...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Janssen BG,Byun HM,Cox B,Gyselaers W,Izzi B,Baccarelli AA,Nawrot TS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The pro-inflammatory mediator and potent vasoconstrictor Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is known to be expressed in the placenta. We have recently demonstrated that very low, non-toxic doses of carbon monoxide (CO), prevented infection-induced preterm birth in mice. However the effect(s) of CO on human gestational ti...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Olgun NS,Arita Y,Hanna M,Murthy A,Tristan S,Peltier MR,Hanna N

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The interaction between trophoblast cells and maternal uterine endothelium is important for placental vascular modelling. Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent vasorelaxant that regulates systemic blood pressure and is reduced in preeclampsia. NO may affect placental cell interaction. OBJECTIVES:This study was to...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Xu B,Charlton F,Makris A,Hennessy A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND METHODS:Tragulus, the mouse deer, is considered the most primitive ruminant, with a diffuse placenta grossly quite unlike the cotyledonary type of the other ruminants. This immunocytochemical investigation of placental transporters was designed to elucidate possible mechanisms of evolution to the cotyl...

journal_title：Placenta

authors： Wooding FB,Kimura J,Forhead AJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00