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Functional consequences of cell type-restricted expression of laminin α5 in mouse placental labyrinth and kidney glomerular capillaries.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Kim Sung Tae, Adair-Kirk Tracy L, Senior Robert M, Miner Jeffrey H
Abstract excerpt
The labyrinth is the highly vascularized part of the rodent placenta that allows efficient transfer of gases, nutrients, wastes, and other molecules between the maternal and embryonic circulations. These two blood compartments are separated by blastocyst-derived trophoblasts and endothelial cells with an intervening basement membrane that contains laminin and other typical basement membrane components. Previously...
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