Purification, Characterization, and in vitro Differentiation of Cytotrophoblasts from Human Term Placentae*
KLIMAN H, NESTLER J, SERMASI E, SANGER J, STRAUSS J. Purification, Characterization, and in vitro Differentiation of Cytotrophoblasts from Human Term Placentae*. Endocrinology 1986, 118: 1567-1582. PMID: 3512258, DOI: 10.1210/endo-118-4-1567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman term placentaTerm placentaImmunoperoxidase methodHCG-positive cellsOccasional single cellsPregnancy-specific beta 1Human placental lactogenPercoll gradient centrifugation stepDifferentiation of cytotrophoblastsPregnancy-specific betaFunctional syncytiotrophoblastsPlacental lactogenSyncytial groupsCultured trophoblastsHuman cytotrophoblastsOccasional cellsProgesterone synthesisSyncytial trophoblastHCGEndothelial cellsBeta 1CytotrophoblastsTrophoblastTime pointsPlacenta