the only true syncytial epithelium in human cell biology. Nuclei characteristic of apoptotic
cells have been localized to this syncytium especially in association with fibrin-containing
fibrinoid deposits. The factors responsible for regulating cell death-like features in the
trophoblast syncytium are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that fibrin was required for
trophoblast apoptosis. TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP end …