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    The trophoblast (from Greek trephein: to feed; and blastos: germinator) is the outer layer of cells of the blastocyst. Trophoblasts are present four days...
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  • Extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs), are one form of differentiated trophoblast cells of the placenta. They are invasive mesenchymal cells which function...
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    intermediate trophoblast Chorionic-type intermediate trophoblast at chorionic laeve of fetal membrane, differentiated from villous intermediate trophoblast The...
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    blastocyst trophoblast to directly contact the underlying endometrium. Ultimately, the inner cell mass (also embryoblast), inside the trophoblast layer, is...
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    of cells called the trophoblast, and an inner cell mass. With further compaction the individual outer blastomeres, the trophoblasts, become indistinguishable...
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    embryoblast which subsequently forms the embryo, and an outer layer of trophoblast cells called the trophectoderm. This layer surrounds the inner cell mass...
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    specific. The corresponding specific proteins are mainly expressed in trophoblasts and have functions related to pregnancy. Examples of proteins with elevated...
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    become the actual embryo. The external, surrounding cells develop into trophoblast cells, which only contribute to extra-embryonic tissues. At this stage...
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  • between the epiblastic disc and trophoblast. In this way the epiblastic cells migrate between the embryoblast and trophoblast. The floor is formed by the...
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  • the inner cell mass in eutherians. The pluriblast is distinct from the trophoblast, and gives rise to the germ layers of the embryo, as well as extra embryonic...
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    off in the trophoblast once it has formed. The trophoblast cells form tight junctions between them making the structure leakproof. Trophoblast cells have...
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    Specifically, PGF plays a role in trophoblast growth and differentiation. Trophoblast cells, specifically extravillous trophoblast cells, are responsible for...
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    leading to blindness. Trop-2 expression was originally described in trophoblasts (placenta) and fetal tissues (e.g., lung). Later, its expression was...
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    13–15 days trophoblast only Secondary The villi increase in size and ramify, while the mesoderm grows into them. 16–21 days trophoblast and mesoderm...
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    into many placental cells types, including extravillous trophoblast cells. Extravillous trophoblast cells are an invasive cell type which remodel the maternal...
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    the conceptus consisting of a cavity between Heuser's membrane and the trophoblast. During formation of the primary yolk sac, some of the migrating hypoblast...
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    (hCG) is a hormone for the maternal recognition of pregnancy produced by trophoblast cells that are surrounding a growing embryo (syncytiotrophoblast initially)...
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    uncontrollably. The cells that form gestational trophoblastic tumours are called trophoblasts and come from tissue that grows to form the placenta during pregnancy...
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  • inappropriate interactions between the trophoblast of the fetus and the endometrium of the mother. Trophoblasts are cells that form the outer layer of...
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    differentiated syncytium, extending to 13 cm. It is the outer layer of the trophoblasts and actively invades the uterine wall, during implantation, rupturing...
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    formation between a mother and her fetus by mediating the invasiveness of trophoblast cells. It also triggers the production of cellular and molecular factors...
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    "Cytotrophoblast" is the name given to both the inner layer of the trophoblast (also called layer of Langhans) or the cells that live there. It is interior...
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    Trophoblast glycoprotein, also known as TPBG, 5T4, Wnt-Activated Inhibitory Factor 1 or WAIF1, is a human protein encoded by a TPBG gene. TPBG is an antagonist...
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  • PMID 28518148. Cross JC (2005). "How to make a placenta: Mechanisms of trophoblast cell differentiation in mice-a review". Placenta. 26: S3–9. doi:10.1016/j...
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  • people with colon cancer and other tumors. Other oncofetal antigens are trophoblast glycoprotein precursor and immature laminin receptor protein (also known...
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    two layers: an outer formed by the trophoblast, and an inner formed by the extra-embryonic mesoderm. The trophoblast is made up of an internal layer of...
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    together with the placenta. The part of the decidua that interacts with the trophoblast is the decidua basalis (also called decidua placentalis), while the decidua...
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  • acetylates histones H2A and H2B to maintain the trophoblast stem cell epithelial phenotype. Trophoblast are cells forming the outer layer of a blastocyst...
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  • blastomeres. With further compaction the individual outer blastomeres, the trophoblasts, become indistinguishable as they become organised into a thin sheet...
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    small ectopic pregnancy that has not been visualized, or a retained trophoblast in the endometrial cavity. Treatment should only be considered when a...
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