Expression of serum amyloid A transcripts in human trophoblast and fetal‐derived trophoblast‐like choriocarcinoma cells

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The placenta comprises a highly specialized trophoblast layer, which arises from the embryo and differentiates during embryonic development to perform specialized functions, e.g., synthesis of pregnancy-associated hormones, growth factors and cytokines. As there is no evidence of maternal acute-phase protein transplacental transfer and trophoblast plays an important role in regulating immune responses at the...

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