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Human cytotrophoblasts acquire aneuploidies as they differentiate to an invasive phenotype.
Developmental biology - 15 Mar 2005
Weier Jingly F, Weier Heinz-Ulrich G, Jung Christine J, Gormley Matthew, Zhou Yan, Chu Lisa W, Genbacev Olga, Wright Alexi A, Fisher Susan J
Abstract excerpt
Through an unusual differentiation process, human trophoblast progenitors (cytotrophoblasts) give rise to tumor-like cells that invade the uterus. By an unknown mechanism, invasive cytotrophoblasts exhibit permanent cell cycle withdrawal. Here, we report molecular cytogenetic data showing that approximately 20 to 60% of these interphase cells had acquired aneusomies involving chromosomes X, Y, or 16. The...
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