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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2019

Human placenta and trophoblast development: key molecular mechanisms and model systems.

Martin Knöfler, Sandra Haider, Leila Saleh, Jürgen Pollheimer, Teena K J B Gamage, Joanna James

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 405 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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405citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
62.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

405 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 731 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Gestational Changes in Placental Iron Homeostasis are Associated With Ferroptosis-Associated Redox Signaling and Trophoblast Behavior.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  5. An Integrated Proteomics and Genomics Approach to Identify Essential Protein Kinases During Human Trophoblast Development.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin KnöflerReproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 5Q, 1090, Vienna, Austria. martin.knoefler@meduniwien.ac.at.
Sandra HaiderReproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 5Q, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Leila SalehReproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 5Q, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Jürgen PollheimerReproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 5Q, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Teena K J B GamageDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Joanna JamesDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Medical University of Vienna · ATUniversity of Auckland · NZ

Funding

Austrian Science Fund P-31470-B30Austrian Science Fund FWF P 31470
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abnormal placentation is considered as an underlying cause of various pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction, the latter increasing the risk for the development of severe disorders in later life such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Despite their importance, the molecular mechanisms governing human placental formation and trophoblast cell lineage specification and differentiation have been poorly unravelled, mostly due to the lack of appropriate cellular model systems. However, over the past few years major progress has been made by establishing self-renewing human trophoblast stem cells and 3-dimensional organoids from human blastocysts and early placental tissues opening the path for detailed molecular investigations. Herein, we summarize the present knowledge about human placental development, its stem cells, progenitors and differentiated cell types in the trophoblast epithelium and the villous core. Anatomy of the early placenta, current model systems, and critical key regulatory factors and signalling cascades governing placentation will be elucidated. In this context, we will discuss the role of the developmental pathways Wingless and Notch, controlling trophoblast stemness/differentiation and formation of invasive trophoblast progenitors, respectively.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesCell DifferentiationDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansModels, BiologicalPlacentaPlacentationPregnancySignal TransductionTrophoblastsChorionic villusMesenchymal cellPlacenta developmentTrophoblast differentiationTrophoblast stem cell

Identifiers

PMID31049600
PMCPMC6697717
OpenAlexW2942777904

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