Three-dimensional cultures of trophoblast stem cells autonomously develop vascular-like spaces lined by trophoblast giant cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 398, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 110-119

  Rai, Anshita ^a   Cross, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oxygen; Placenta; Trophoblast; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; OXYGEN; SIALOMUCIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MARKER GENE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRL3D1 GENE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL CULTURE; TROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST GIANT CELL; VENOUS BLOOD; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84922518590     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.11.023     Document Type: Article

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