Article
[Biology of the trophoblastic tissue and placental tumors].
La Revue du praticien - 1 Apr 1992
Bellet D
Abstract excerpt
The trophoblast of early placenta has many attributes of malignant tissue: it displays highly proliferative and invasive properties and expresses hormones, growth factors, growth factor receptors and oncogene products. Moreover, this tissue may have an autocrine control of growth. Collectively, t...
Topics
- Female
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Placenta Diseases
- Pregnancy
- Trophoblastic Neoplasms
- Trophoblasts
