Development of the human placenta

MY Turco, A Moffett - Development, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
The placenta is essential for normal in utero development in mammals. In humans, defective
placental formation underpins common pregnancy disorders such as pre-eclampsia and …

Human placenta and trophoblast development: key molecular mechanisms and model systems

M Knöfler, S Haider, L Saleh, J Pollheimer… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Abnormal placentation is considered as an underlying cause of various pregnancy
complications such as miscarriage, preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction, the …

A human cell atlas of fetal gene expression

J Cao, DR O'day, HA Pliner, PD Kingsley, M Deng… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION A reference atlas of human cell types is a major goal for the field. Here, we
set out to generate single-cell atlases of both gene expression (this study) and chromatin …

Single-cell reconstruction of the early maternal–fetal interface in humans

R Vento-Tormo, M Efremova, RA Botting, MY Turco… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
During early human pregnancy the uterine mucosa transforms into the decidua, into which
the fetal placenta implants and where placental trophoblast cells intermingle and …

[HTML][HTML] Stem-cell-derived trophoblast organoids model human placental development and susceptibility to emerging pathogens

RM Karvas, SA Khan, S Verma, Y Yin, D Kulkarni… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Trophoblast organoids derived from placental villi provide a 3D model system of human
placental development, but access to first-trimester tissues is limited. Here, we report that …

A developmental landscape of 3D-cultured human pre-gastrulation embryos

L Xiang, Y Yin, Y Zheng, Y Ma, Y Li, Z Zhao, J Guo, Z Ai… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Our understanding of how human embryos develop before gastrulation, including spatial
self-organization and cell type ontogeny, remains limited by available two-dimensional …

Compartmentalized metabolism supports midgestation mammalian development

A Solmonson, B Faubert, W Gu, A Rao, MA Cowdin… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian embryogenesis requires rapid growth and proper metabolic regulation.
Midgestation features increasing oxygen and nutrient availability concomitant with fetal …

Regulation of placental extravillous trophoblasts by the maternal uterine environment

J Pollheimer, S Vondra, J Baltayeva… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
During placentation invasive extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs) migrate into the maternal
uterus and modify its vessels. In particular, remodeling of the spiral arteries by EVTs is …

Characterizing dedifferentiation of thyroid cancer by integrated analysis

H Luo, X Xia, GD Kim, Y Liu, Z Xue, L Zhang, Y Shu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Understanding of dedifferentiation, an indicator of poo prognosis for patients with thyroid
cancer, has been hampered by imprecise and incomplete characterization of its …

Large-scale production of human blastoids amenable to modeling blastocyst development and maternal-fetal cross talk

L Yu, D Logsdon, CA Pinzon-Arteaga, J Duan, T Ezashi… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Recent advances in human blastoids have opened new avenues for modeling early human
development and implantation. One limitation of our first protocol for human blastoid …