trophoblast Definition
tropho·blast (träf′ə blast′)
trophoblast Related Forms
troph′o·blas′·tic adjective
trophoblast Usage Examples
Converse of object
call: In a healthy pregnancy, fetal cells called trophoblasts do this by ' invading ' the uterus, while communicating with maternal immune cells.
Adjective modifier
- placental: This interface, consisting of the maternal decidua and the invading placental trophoblast, is exposed to profound changes in oxygen tension during pregnancy.
- intermediate: Molar disease expressed P2Y6 in the villous trophoblast but not in the proliferative intermediate trophoblast, recapitulating the pattern of first-trimester placenta.
- human: One example is the 5T4 oncofoetal antigen originally defined by a monoclonal antibody raised against human trophoblast.
- embryonic: The human placenta arises primarily through proliferation, migration and invasion of the endometrium and its vasculature by the embryonic trophoblast.
- invasive: In this paper we hypothesized that invasive trophoblast released vasodilators which would dilate spiral arteries as an initial step in the physiology of transformation.
Modifies a noun
- invasion: Definitions 2 Incomplete trophoblast invasion: the evidence 3 Mechanisms underlying failure of trophoblast invasion: a maternal or fetal problem?
- cell: RESULTS: The expression of nine genes was strongly different comparing a normal trophoblast cell line with choriocarcinoma cells on the Atlas membranes.
- inclusion: Kliman and the team identified trophoblast inclusions by performing microscopic examinations of placental tissues.
- function: We have further utilized in-vitro models to investigate the role of glucocorticoids on trophoblast function ( proliferation, differentiation and invasion ).
- differentiation: However, the change in NEP expression upon trophoblast differentiation remains to be clarified.
- migration: Thus, in vitro MMP9 activity appears not to be essential for trophoblast migration.
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