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  • Title: Lateral placental growth occurs by trophoblast cell invasion of decidual veins.
    Author: Craven CM, Zhao L, Ward K.
    Journal: Placenta; 2000; 21(2-3):160-9. PubMed ID: 10736238.
    Abstract:
    During human pregnancy, growth of the placenta is proportionally greater than the growth of the decidual surface, suggesting that trophoblast cells invade the decidua at the placenta's margin. We hypothesized that a method of lateral placental growth was trophoblast cell invasion of decidual veins. This was investigated in two in situ pregnancies and in tissues from 100 women undergoing elective termination at 8-12 weeks of gestation. Decidua was compared to normal secretory endometrium. Histological sections were stained by immunohistochemistry to identify trophoblast cell and vascular antigens, as well as vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM), integrin subunits beta(1)and beta(4), and oncofetal fibronectin. Dilated veins were observed in all decidua but not in the secretory endometrium. Decidual and myometrial veins contained villi, trophoblast cell islands and syncytial elements. Decidual endothelial cells expressed vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM). Villous trophoblast cells were integrin subunits beta(4)positive and beta(1)negative. Trophoblast cell islands in the placenta and within decidual veins were integrin subunits beta(1)positive and beta(4)negative. Trophoblast cell islands and villi attached to veins, and mononuclear cells, invaded decidual stroma. Oncofetal fibronectin was present at sites of trophoblast invasion. These findings suggest that a method of lateral placental growth is trophoblast cell invasion of veins.
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