Contractile properties of human placental anchoring villi
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Contractile properties of human placental anchoring villi.
The presence of myofibroblasts arranged parallel to the longitudinal axes of anchoring villi of the placenta has previously been described. Furthermore, it has been suggested that intraplacental blood volume, and hence fetal-maternal oxygen-nutrient exchange, may in part be regulated through the longitudinal contraction of anchoring villi. We demonstrate here that anchoring villi have the abili...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0363-6119,1522-1490
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00222.2004