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The Placenta as an Organ and a Source of Stem Cells and Extracellular Matrix: A Review
1 Jan 2016
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The placenta is a temporal, dynamic and diverse organ with important immunological features that facilitate embryonic and fetal development and survival, notwithstanding the fact that several aspects of its formation and function closely resemble tumor progression. Placentation in mammals is commonly used to characterize the evolution of species, including insights into human evolution. Although most placentas...
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