Activin Is a Local Regulator of Human Cytotrophoblast Cell Differentiation1
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Activin is a local regulator of human cytotrophoblast cell differentiation.
Cytotrophoblast cells of the first trimester placenta are highly invasive when removed from villi and cultured in vitro. In vivo, however, only selected cytotrophoblast cells break through the overlying syncytiotrophoblast to form cytotrophoblast columns and ultimately invade the endometrium. To explore the role of paracrine growth factors in regulating cytotrophoblast development, we cultured ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrinology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0013-7227,1945-7170
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.9.5403