The placenta is a gender-specific transitory organ with the sole purpose of enabling the
growth and development of the fetus. It mediates the efficient transfer and exchange of …

Le placenta humain est une structure invasive dans laquelle les cellules du trophoblaste
extravilleux (TEV), très prolifératives, migratrices et invasives, migrent et envahissent l'utérus …

During embryogenesis in all mammalian species the placenta is formed inside the uterus by
apposition or fusion of maternally and embryonically-derived tissues. Genetically, normal …

Pre-eclampsia (PE) is the most frequently encountered medical complication during
pregnancy. It is characterized by a rise in systemic vascular resistance with a relatively low …

During pregnancy, the trophoblast develops from the fusion of cytotrophoblastic cells into a
syncytiotrophoblast. As the exchange of molecules through gap junctions is considered to …

Preeclampsia is a mainly vascular disease of pregnancy, probably caused by an imbalance
between vasodilator and vasoconstrictor agents that results in generalized vasospasm and …

Abstract Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoactive peptide in stem villi vessels, which are
considered to be the major sites of placental vascular resistance. To investigate the …

Changes in oxygen levels characterize normal and pathological human placentation. For
example, relatively low Po 2values are present around the blastocyst during implantation …

In light of the social/ethnic disparity in preterm delivery (PTD) rates, the Pregnancy
Outcomes and Community Health (POUCH) Study takes a broad view of the determinants of …

Endothelin (ET)-1 has been implicated in a diverse range of signalling events in a wide
variety of target tissues. Given its potent vasoactive function and the prevalence of …