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The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 54 > Issue 2-3 (Special Issue)

Cover Vol. 54 N. 2-3

Placenta

Edited by: Joan S. Hunt and Kent L. Thornburg

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Nine week-old miscarried human embryo, illustrating the intimate placenta-embryo relation. Photograph by Lennart Nilsson. Reproduced with permission from Lennart Nilsson Photography AB.

Preface

OPEN ACCESS

Placenta

Joan S. Hunt and Kent L. Thornburg

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 227-229

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082828jh

A dialogue with Allen Enders

Contemporary comparative placenta research - an interview with Allen Enders

Kent L. Thornburg and Joan S. Hunt

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 231-236

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082837kt

Historical perspectives

Some historical aspects of understanding placental development, structure and function

Lawrence D. Longo and Lawrence P. Reynolds

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 237-255

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082774ll

Sir Joseph Barcroft, Cambridge placental and fetal research (1933-1966) and inter-generational Science

Robert Boyd and C.A. Richard Boyd

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 257-268

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082762rb

Implantation

Critical growth factors and signalling pathways controlling human trophoblast invasion

Martin Knöfler

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 269-280

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082769mk

Immune cells in the placental bed

Judith N. Bulmer, Paula J. Williams and Gendie E. Lash

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 281-294

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082763jb

Endometrial responses to embryonic signals in the primate

Prajna Banerjee and Asgerally T. Fazleabas

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 295-302

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082829pb

The influence of the intrauterine environment on human placental development

Graham J. Burton, Eric Jauniaux and D. Stephen Charnock-Jones

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 303-311

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082764gb

Local regulation of implantation at the human fetal-maternal interface

Evdokia Dimitriadis, Guiying Nie, Natalie J. Hannan, Premila Paiva and Lois A. Salamonsen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 313-322

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082772ed

Placental development, differentiation and function

Developmental cell biology of human villous trophoblast: current research problems

John D. Aplin

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 323-329

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082759ja

Shear stress regulation of nitric oxide production in uterine and placental artery endothelial cells: experimental studies and hemodynamic models of shear stresses on endothelial cells

Benjamin Sprague, Naomi C. Chesler and Ronald R. Magness

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 331-339

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082832bs

Development and function of trophoblast giant cells in the rodent placenta

Dong Hu and James C. Cross

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 341-354

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082768dh

Uteroplacental vascular development and placental function: an update

Lawrence P. Reynolds, Pawel P. Borowicz, Joel S. Caton, Kimberly A. Vonnahme, Justin S. Luther, David S. Buchanan, Shireen A. Hafez, Anna T. Grazul-Bilska and Dale A. Redmer

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 355-365

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082799lr

Receptor-mediated uptake and transport of macromolecules in the human placenta

Henning Schneider and Richard K. Miller

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 367-375

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082773hs

Fetal impact

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Placental nutrient supply and fetal growth

Michelle Desforges and Colin P. Sibley

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 377-390

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082765md

The placenta in the integrated physiology of fetal volume control

J. Job Faber and Debra F. Anderson

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 391-396

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082796jf

Estrogen regulation of placental angiogenesis and fetal ovarian development during primate pregnancy

Eugene D. Albrecht and Gerald J. Pepe

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 397-407

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082758ea

Placental metabolic reprogramming: do changes in the mix of energy-generating substrates modulate fetal growth?

Nicholas P. Illsley, Isabella Caniggia and Stacy Zamudio

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 409-419

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082798ni

Maternal-placental immunology

The hidden maternal-fetal interface: events involving the lymphoid organs in maternal-fetal tolerance

Elizabeth S. Taglauer, Kristina M. Adams Waldorf and Margaret G. Petroff

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 421-430

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082800et

On the role of placental major histocompatibility complex and decidual leukocytes in implantation and pregnancy success using non-human primate models

Thaddeus G. Golos, Gennadiy I. Bondarenko, Svetlana V. Dambaeva, Edith E. Breburda, and Maureen Durning

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 431-443

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082797tg

Split immunological tolerance to trophoblast

Amanda de Mestre, Leela Noronha, Bettina Wagner and Douglas F. Antczak

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 445-455

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082795ad

Immunoregulatory molecules in human placentas: potential for diverse roles in pregnancy

Joan S. Hunt, Judith L. Pace and Ryan M. Gill

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 457-467

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082831jh

The placenta and disease

In preeclampsia, the placenta grows slowly along its minor axis

Eero Kajantie, Kent L. Thornburg, Johan G.Eriksson, Clive Osmond and David J.P. Barker

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 469-473

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082833ek

Trisomy 21- affected placentas highlight prerequisite factors for human trophoblast fusion and differentiation

André Malassiné, Jean-Louis Frendo and Danièle Evain-Brion

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 475-482

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082766am

Comparative placentation

Placentation in mammals once grouped as insectivores

Anthony M. Carter and Allen C. Enders

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 483-493

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082830ac

Trophoblast phagocytic program: roles in different placental systems

Estela Bevilacqua, Mara-Sandra Hoshida, Andrea Amarante-Paffaro, Andrea Albieri-Borges and Sara Zago-Gomes

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 495-505

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082761eb

A three-way conversation: maternal/placetal/fetal

Gene expression in the placenta: maternal stress and epigenetic responses

Ciprian P. Gheorghe, Ravi Goyal, Ashwani Mittal and Lawrence D. Longo

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 507-523

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082770cg

The surface area of the placenta and hypertension in the offspring in later life

David J.P. Barker, Kent L. Thornburg, Clive Osmond, Eero Kajantie and Johan G. Eriksson

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 525-530

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082760db

Naturally acquired microchimerism

Hilary S. Gammill and J. Lee Nelson

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 531-543

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082767hg

Role of fetal membranes in signaling of fetal maturation and parturition

Leslie Myatt and Kang Sun

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2010) 54: 545-553

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.082771lm