Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereology
Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation were for the first time assessed by stereology. Fischer female rats were euthanized on the day 16 or day 19 of gestation, and 35 placentas were collected. Three randomly selected placentas from each group were stereologically...
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| author | Ljiljana Serman Iris Zunic Nina Vrsaljko Durdica Grbesa Emil Gjurcevic Zeljka Matasin Tamara Nikuseva Martic Floriana Bulic Jakus Ivana Tlak Gajger Alan Serman |
| author_facet | Ljiljana Serman Iris Zunic Nina Vrsaljko Durdica Grbesa Emil Gjurcevic Zeljka Matasin Tamara Nikuseva Martic Floriana Bulic Jakus Ivana Tlak Gajger Alan Serman |
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Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation were for the first time assessed by stereology. Fischer female rats were euthanized on the day 16 or day 19 of gestation, and 35 placentas were collected. Three randomly selected placentas from each group were stereologically analyzed for the absolute volume. The proportion of the glycogenic cells and the trophoblast giant cells (TGC) in the basal part of the placenta was calculated using volume density. The absolute volume of the rat placenta on the day 16 of gestation was determined as 0.0638 cm3. The labyrinth comprised 0.0274 cm3, the basal plate 0.0271 cm3 and the decidua 0.0093 cm3. On the day 19 of gestation, the absolute volume of the placenta was 0.1627 cm3, the labyrinth occupied 0.0922 cm3, the basal plate 0.0596 cm3 and the decidua 0.0109 cm3. The volume density of trophoblast giant cells was 0.174 cm0 on the day 16 and 0.107 cm0 on the day 19 of gestation. The glycogenic cells comprised 0.379 percentage of the basal plate on the day 16 and 0.236 on the day 19 of gestation. We conclude that the absolute volume of the whole placenta and the labyrinth has increased from day 16 to the day 19 of gestation. In contrast, the volume density of glycogenic cells and trophoblast giant cells was higher on the day 16 than on the day 19 of gestation, probably due to the intensive trophoblast invasion during that time.
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc7dabefc2a440be8ff04a05331c8a0d2024-03-15T14:33:00ZengAssociation of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBiomolecules & Biomedicine2831-08962831-090X2015-01-0115110.17305/bjbms.2015.1.24433Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereologyLjiljana Serman0Iris ZunicNina VrsaljkoDurdica GrbesaEmil GjurcevicZeljka MatasinTamara Nikuseva MarticFloriana Bulic JakusIvana Tlak GajgerAlan SermanDepartment of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation were for the first time assessed by stereology. Fischer female rats were euthanized on the day 16 or day 19 of gestation, and 35 placentas were collected. Three randomly selected placentas from each group were stereologically analyzed for the absolute volume. The proportion of the glycogenic cells and the trophoblast giant cells (TGC) in the basal part of the placenta was calculated using volume density. The absolute volume of the rat placenta on the day 16 of gestation was determined as 0.0638 cm3. The labyrinth comprised 0.0274 cm3, the basal plate 0.0271 cm3 and the decidua 0.0093 cm3. On the day 19 of gestation, the absolute volume of the placenta was 0.1627 cm3, the labyrinth occupied 0.0922 cm3, the basal plate 0.0596 cm3 and the decidua 0.0109 cm3. The volume density of trophoblast giant cells was 0.174 cm0 on the day 16 and 0.107 cm0 on the day 19 of gestation. The glycogenic cells comprised 0.379 percentage of the basal plate on the day 16 and 0.236 on the day 19 of gestation. We conclude that the absolute volume of the whole placenta and the labyrinth has increased from day 16 to the day 19 of gestation. In contrast, the volume density of glycogenic cells and trophoblast giant cells was higher on the day 16 than on the day 19 of gestation, probably due to the intensive trophoblast invasion during that time. https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/244stereologyplacentatrophoblast giant cellsglycogenic cells |
| spellingShingle | Ljiljana Serman Iris Zunic Nina Vrsaljko Durdica Grbesa Emil Gjurcevic Zeljka Matasin Tamara Nikuseva Martic Floriana Bulic Jakus Ivana Tlak Gajger Alan Serman Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereology Biomolecules & Biomedicine stereology placenta trophoblast giant cells glycogenic cells |
| title | Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereology |
| title_full | Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereology |
| title_fullStr | Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereology |
| title_short | Structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereology |
| title_sort | structural changes in the rat placenta during the last third of gestation discovered by stereology |
| topic | stereology placenta trophoblast giant cells glycogenic cells |
| url | https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/244 |
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