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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2023

Modeling the Progression of Placental Transport from Early- to Late-Stage Pregnancy by Tuning Trophoblast Differentiation and Vascularization.

Sonya Kouthouridis, Alexander Sotra, Zaim Khan, Justin Alvarado, Sandeep Raha, Boyang Zhang

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sonya KouthouridisDepartment of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8611-9528
Alexander SotraSchool of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4850-4032
Zaim KhanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0009-0008-9470-3423
Justin AlvaradoDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0009-0007-6793-4704
Sandeep RahaDepartment of Pediatrics and the Graduate Programme in Medical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7307-3292
Boyang ZhangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2060-5555
McMaster University · CAMcMaster University Medical Centre · CA

Funding

Canadian Institute of Health Research PJT-166052Discovery Grant 05500-2018Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The early-stage placental barrier is characterized by a lack of fetal circulation and by a thick trophoblastic barrier, whereas the later-stage placenta consists of vascularized chorionic villi encased in a thin, differentiated trophoblast layer, ideal for nutrient transport. In this work, predictive models of early- and late-stage placental transport are created using blastocyst-derived placental stem cells (PSCs) by modulating PSC differentiation and model vascularization. PSC differentiation results in a thinner, fused trophoblast layer, as well as an increase in human chorionic gonadotropin secretion, barrier permeability, and secretion of certain inflammatory cytokines, which are consistent with in vivo findings. Further, gene expression confirms this shift toward a differentiated trophoblast subtype. Vascularization results in a molecule type- and size-dependent change in dextran and insulin permeability. These results demonstrate that trophoblast differentiation and vascularization have critical effects on placental barrier permeability and that this model can be used as a predictive measure to assess fetal toxicity of xenobiotic substances at different stages of pregnancy.

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PlacentaTrophoblastsCell DifferentiationChorionic VilliFemaleHumansPregnancyStem Cellsdifferentiationorgans-on-a-chipperfusionplacentastem cellssyncytiotrophoblastsvasculatures

Identifiers

PMID37830445
PMCPMC11468690
OpenAlexW4387597879

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