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SUBMITTER: Liu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082907 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Yawei Y Fan Xiaoying X Wang Rui R Lu Xiaoyin X Dang Yan-Li YL Wang Huiying H Lin Hai-Yan HY Zhu Cheng C Ge Hao H Cross James C JC Wang Hongmei H
Cell research 20180724 8
The placenta is crucial for a successful pregnancy and the health of both the fetus and the pregnant woman. However, how the human trophoblast lineage is regulated, including the categorization of the placental cell subtypes is poorly understood. Here we performed single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) on sorted placental cells from first- and second-trimester human placentas. New subtypes of cells of the known cytotrophoblast cells (CTBs), extravillous trophoblast cells (EVTs), Hofbauer cells, an ...[more]