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ArticlePloS one2017

Human Extravillous Trophoblasts Penetrate Decidual Veins and Lymphatics before Remodeling Spiral Arteries during Early Pregnancy.

Nannan He, Liesbeth van Iperen, Danielle de Jong, Karoly Szuhai, Frans M Helmerhorst, Lucette A J van der Westerlaken, Susana M Chuva de Sousa Lopes

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nannan HeDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Liesbeth van IperenDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Danielle de JongDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Karoly SzuhaiDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Frans M HelmerhorstDepartment of Gynaecology, Division of Reproductive Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Lucette A J van der WesterlakenDepartment of Gynaecology, Division of Reproductive Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Susana M Chuva de Sousa LopesDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Leiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In humans, the defective invasion of the maternal endometrium by fetal extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs) can lead to insufficient perfusion of the placenta, resulting in pregnancy complications that can put both mother and baby at risk. To study the invasion of maternal endometrium between (W)5.5-12 weeks of gestation by EVTs, we combined fluorescence in situ hybridization, immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry to determine the presence of (male) EVTs in the vasculature of the maternal decidua. We observed that interstitial mononuclear EVTs directly entered decidual veins and lymphatics from W5.5. This invasion of decidual veins and lymphatics occurred long before endovascular EVTs remodelled decidual spiral arteries. This unexpected early entrance of interstitial mononuclear EVTs in the maternal circulation does not seem to contribute to the materno-placental vascular connection directly, but rather to establish (and expand) the materno-fetal interface through an alternative vascular route.

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ArteriesDeciduaFemaleHumansPregnancyTrophoblastsVascular RemodelingVeins

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PMID28081266
PMCPMC5230788
OpenAlexW2572816148

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