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Development and Organization of Primate Trophoblast Cells

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Trophoblast Cells

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An account of the development and organization of trophoblast in any group of mammals is a complex task, and this is particularly true for the primates. Part of the difficulty is due to quite different types of placentation found among different members of the order, but the most complex aspects are the constantly changing spatial relationships that trophoblast has with various maternal tissues over the course of gestation. In this overview of primate trophoblast we will examine: (i) the characteristics of the trophoblast of lower primates, (ii) the early development and differentiation of trophoblast in higher primates, and (iii) the development and organization of the heterogeneous trophoblast populations present in higher primates in later gestation. These populations include villous cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast and a variety of extravillous populations. These include trophoblast of the cell columns and the trophoblastic shell, interstitial trophoblast invading through endometrial stroma, endovascular trophoblast migrating up the spiral arteries, trophoblast of the chorion laeve, and deported trophoblast that enters the uterine veins and is carried to extrauterine sites. The diverse attributes of these related trophoblast populations are just beginning to be appreciated.

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  1. Department of Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 66160, Kansas City, KS, USA

    Michael J. Soares Ph.D.

  2. Department of Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, 95064, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Frank Talamantes Ph.D.

  3. Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 45229, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Stuart Handwerger M.D.

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King, B.F., Blankenship, T.N. (1993). Development and Organization of Primate Trophoblast Cells. In: Soares, M.J., Talamantes, F., Handwerger, S. (eds) Trophoblast Cells. Serono Symposia, USA Norwell, Massachusetts. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2718-2_2

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