Abstract
Trophoblast cells are specialized cells that appear to be involved at one time or another during pregnancy in several functions essential to the well-being of the fetus. These functions include the attachment of the conceptus to the uterine wall, the acquisition of nutrients from the mother, and the protection of the fetus from immunologic rejection. As trophoblast cells are capable of metabolizing steroids (albeit to varying degrees and beginning at different times, depending upon the species), they might also play a role in fetal endocrinology. In studies on murine trophoblast, a number of biochemical properties have been observed that are exhibited neither by the early embryo per se nor by most other extraembryonic cell types (Table 1). We therefore consider these properties to be indicators of trophoblast differentiation, and we assume that some or all of these biochemical markers are involved in the specialized functions of these cells.
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Sherman, M.I., Sellens, M.H., Atienza-Samols, S.B., Pai, A.C., Schindler, J. (1981). Relationship between the Programs for Implantation and Trophoblast Differentiation. In: Glasser, S.R., Bullock, D.W. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Implantation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3180-3_6
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