Fetomaternal cross talk in the placental vascular bed: control of coagulation by trophoblast cells

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Humans and rodents exhibit a peculiar type of placentation in which zygote-derived trophoblast cells, rather than endothelial cells, line the terminal maternal vascular space. This peculiar aspect of the placental vasculature raises important questions about the relative contribution of fetal and maternal factors in the local control of hemostasis in the placenta and how these might determine the phenotypic...

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