3D visualization of trans-syncytial nanopores provides a pathway for paracellular diffusion across the human placental syncytiotrophoblast
Summary: The placental syncytiotrophoblast, a syncytium without cell-cell junctions, is the primary barrier between the mother and the fetus. Despite no apparent anatomical pathway for paracellular diffusion of solutes across the syncytiotrophoblast, size-dependent paracellular diffusion is observed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-12-01
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| Series: | iScience |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222017254 |