From the stem of the placental tree: Trophoblast stem cells and their progeny

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 143, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 3650-3660

  Latos, Paulina Anna ^a,b,c   Hemberger, Myriam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Placenta; Reprogramming; Stem cells; Transcription factors; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL CULTURE; STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84991769593     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.133462     Document Type: Review

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