Rat placentation: An experimental model for investigating the hemochorial maternal-fetal interface

Placenta

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-243

  Soares, M J ^a   Chakraborty, D ^a   Karim Rumi, M A ^a,b   Konno, T ^a   Renaud, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemochorial placentation; Invasive trophoblast; Metrial gland; Uterine vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

EID: 84857373125     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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