The availability of antibodies and cDNA probes specific for the various members of the
facilitated-diffusion glucose transporter (GLUT) family has enabled researchers to obtain a …

The placenta is important for the success of gestation and foetal development. In fact, this
specialized pregnancy organ is essential for foetal nourishment, support, and protection. In …

Placental hypoxia has been implicated in pregnancy pathologies, including fetal growth
restriction and preeclampsia; however, the mechanism by which the trophoblast cell …

BACKGROUND: The interactions of trophoblasts with the cytokine network at the
fetomaternal interface determine the pathway the cell undertakes, eg proliferation …

As villous trophoblast does represent the contact zone between foetal and maternal tissues,
the present in vitro study was aimed at investigating cholesterol supply from human high …

Previous results from our group have demonstrated the expression of the 5-HT2A receptor
and a mitogenic effect of serotonin in human trophoblast. The objectives of the present study …

The syncytiotrophoblast of the human placenta is an epithelial barrier that interacts with
maternal blood and is a key for the transfer of nutrients and other solutes to the developing …

Trophectoderm is specified from pluripotent blastomeres at some time prior to blastocyst
formation. Proliferating cytotrophoblast derived from trophectoderm is the forerunner of the …

At the initial phase of embryo implantation, the trophoblast must have acquired competence
for adhesion to the uterine epithelium, a condition whose cell biological basis is far from …

Trophoblast invasion, like tumor invasion, shares common biochemical mechanisms.
However, in contrast to tumor invasion of a host tissue, trophoblastic invasion during …