2022
Sex differences in early and term placenta are conserved in adult tissues
Olney K, Plaisier S, Phung T, Silasi M, Perley L, O’Bryan J, Ramirez L, Kliman H, Wilson M. Sex differences in early and term placenta are conserved in adult tissues. Biology Of Sex Differences 2022, 13: 74. PMID: 36550527, PMCID: PMC9773522, DOI: 10.1186/s13293-022-00470-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst trimester placentaLate first trimesterTerm placentaTrimester placentaFirst trimesterAdult tissuesGene expressionSex differencesLifelong health outcomesSex-differential gene expressionGenetic sexInnate immune responseFull-term placentaSex-linked genesInnate immune genesImmune responsePlacenta samplesHealth outcomesBrain tissuePlacentaGametologous genesDifferent timepointsSex chromosomesImmune genesSex
1994
Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates trophoblast oncofetal fibronectin synthesis in vitro: implications for trophoblast implantation in vivo
Feinberg RF, Kliman HJ, Wang CL. Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates trophoblast oncofetal fibronectin synthesis in vitro: implications for trophoblast implantation in vivo. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1994, 78: 1241-1248. PMID: 8175984, DOI: 10.1210/jcem.78.5.8175984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTGF beta 1TGF betaBeta 1Ability of trophoblastsAnti-TGF betaSevere alloimmune thrombocytopeniaThird trimester placentasPlatelet-poor serumDose-response analysisPregnancy tissueCord serumAlloimmune thrombocytopeniaCytokine presentUterine deciduaExtracellular matrixVillous syncytiotrophoblastTrimester placentaNormal serumHuman cytotrophoblastsGrowth factor-beta stimulatesOncofetal fibronectinNormal morphological differentiationCulture secreteStimulatory responseThrombocytopenic serum