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Syncytial Knots, Sprouts, Apoptosis, and Trophoblast Deportation from the Human Placenta
1 Mar 2009
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The syncytiotrophoblast (STB) that forms the epithelial covering of the placental villous tree has a unique cell biology on account of its syncytial nature. The tissue is in a terminally-differentiated, postmitotic state, and expands through the recruitment by fusion of underlying progenitor cytotrophoblast cells. This process occurs from the time of implantation until term, and so its nuclei will be of various...
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