Evolution of Embryo Implantation Was Enabled by the Origin of Decidual Stromal Cells in Eutherian Mammals
Chavan AR, Griffith OW, Stadtmauer D, Maziarz J, Pavlicev M, Fishman R, Koren L, Romero R, Wagner GP. Evolution of Embryo Implantation Was Enabled by the Origin of Decidual Stromal Cells in Eutherian Mammals. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2020, 38: 1060-1074. PMID: 33185661, PMCID: PMC7947829, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEutherian mammalsEutherian lineagesDecidual stromal cellsNovel cell typesStromal cellsInflammatory responseStem lineageEutherian pregnancyCommon ancestorEvolutionary mechanismsExtended gestationMost marsupialsEmbryo attachmentEmbryo implantationMarsupialsLineagesCell typesMammalsMechanistic understandingEutheriansHelper T cellsFetal-maternal interfaceMammalian pregnancyMaternal tissuesNeutrophil recruitment