Expression of Calcium Channels along the Differentiation of Cultured Trophoblast Cells from Human Term Placenta1

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Placental transfer of maternal calcium (Ca2+) is carried out in vivo by the syncytiotrophoblast layer. Although this process is crucial for fetal development, it remains poorly understood. Cytotrophoblasts isolated from human term placenta undergo spontaneous syncytiotrophoblast-like morphological and biochemical differentiation in vitro and are thought to reflect in vivo syncytiotrophoblast. In the present...

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