A microfluidics assay to study invasion of human placental trophoblast cells

Pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction and stillbirth are major pregnancy disorders throughout the world. The underlying pathogenesis of these diseases is defective placentation characterized by inadequate invasion of extravillous placental trophoblast cells into the uterine arteries. How trophobla...

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Main Authors: Abbas, Yassen, Oefner, Carolin Melati, Gardner, Lucy, Farrell, Lydia, Sharkey, Andrew, Moffett, Ashley, Oyen, Michelle L., Polacheck III, William Joseph, Kamm, Roger Dale
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Royal Society Publishing 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119455
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2728-0746
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7232-304X