Revealing the molecular landscape of human placenta: a systematic review and meta-analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing studies

E Derisoud, H Jiang, A Zhao… - Human …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND With increasing significance of developmental programming effects
associated with placental dysfunction, more investigations are devoted to improving the …

Single-cell immunobiology of the maternal–fetal interface

D Miller, V Garcia-Flores, R Romero… - The Journal of …, 2022 - journals.aai.org
Pregnancy success requires constant dialogue between the mother and developing
conceptus. Such crosstalk is facilitated through complex interactions between maternal and …

Deciphering maternal-fetal cross-talk in the human placenta during parturition using single-cell RNA sequencing

V Garcia-Flores, R Romero, AL Tarca… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
Labor is a complex physiological process requiring a well-orchestrated dialogue between
the mother and fetus. However, the cellular contributions and communications that facilitate …

Human placental endothelial cell and trophoblast heterogeneity and differentiation revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing

H Li, H Peng, W Hong, Y Wei, H Tian, X Huang, L Jia… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The placenta is an important organ for fetal and maternal health during
pregnancy and impacts offspring health late in life. Defects in placental vasculature and …

Placenta: an old organ with new functions

S Khorami-Sarvestani, N Vanaki, S Shojaeian… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The transition from oviparity to viviparity and the establishment of feto-maternal
communications introduced the placenta as the major anatomical site to provide nutrients …

Accessing the human trophoblast stem cell state from pluripotent and somatic cells

RM Karvas, L David, TW Theunissen - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2022 - Springer
Trophoblasts are specialized epithelial cells that perform critical functions during blastocyst
implantation and mediate maternal–fetal communication during pregnancy. However, our …

Human trophoblast stem cells restrict human cytomegalovirus replication

TB Rollman, ZW Berkebile, H Okae… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Placental infection plays a central role in the pathogenesis of congenital human
cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections and is a cause of fetal growth restriction and pregnancy …

The GATA transcriptional program dictates cell fate equilibrium to establish the maternal–fetal exchange interface and fetal development

A Ghosh, R Kumar, RP Kumar, S Ray… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The placenta establishes a maternal–fetal exchange interface to transport nutrients and
gases between the mother and the fetus. Establishment of this exchange interface relies on …

Vertical transmission of African-lineage Zika virus through the fetal membranes in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) model

MR Koenig, AM Mitzey, X Zeng, L Reyes… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZIKV) can be transmitted vertically from mother to fetus during pregnancy,
resulting in a range of outcomes including severe birth defects and fetal/infant death …

PGRMC2 and HLA-G regulate immune homeostasis in a microphysiological model of human maternal-fetal membrane interface

RCV Lintao, LS Richardson, AK Kammala… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Chorion trophoblasts (CTCs) and immune cell-enriched decidua (DECs) comprise the
maternal-fetal membrane interface called the chorio-decidual interface (CDi) which …