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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Alison Wallace
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1462 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20130103 3
<h4>Objective</h4>During pregnancy, fetal trophoblast disrupt endothelial cell and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) interactions in spiral arteries of the maternal decidua to enable increased nutritional and oxygen delivery to the fetus. Little is known regarding this transformation because of difficulties of studying human pregnancy in vivo. This study investigated how trophoblast-secreted factors affect the interactions of vascular cells and the differentiation status of VSMC during spiral a ...[more]