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ArticleNature medicine2024

Spatial multiomic landscape of the human placenta at molecular resolution.

Johain R Ounadjela, Ke Zhang, Koseki J Kobayashi-Kirschvink, Kang Jin, Andrew J C Russell, Andreas I Lackner, Claire Callahan, Francesca Viggiani, Kushal K Dey, Karthik Jagadeesh and 14 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. The multifaceted roles of the transcriptional coactivator TAZ in extravillous trophoblast development of the human placenta.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  18. Trophoblast Fusion in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Preeclampsia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Johain R Ounadjela *Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5941-9610
Ke Zhang *Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6153-6912
Koseki J Kobayashi-Kirschvink *Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6590-3823
Kang Jin *Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5638-040X
Andrew J C Russell *Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5411-2807
Andreas I Lackner *Maternal-Fetal Immunology Group, Reproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8034-0181
Claire CallahanCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-9138-4689
Francesca ViggianiCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kushal K DeySloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Karthik JagadeeshKlarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Theresa MaxianPlacental Development Group, Reproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8009-8479
Anna-Maria PrandstetterPlacental Development Group, Reproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5536-4245
Naeem NadafKlarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Qiyu GongKlarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ruth RaichurKlarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Morgan L ZvezdovCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Mingyang HuiCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Mattew SimpsonCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-1622-969X
Xinwen LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Wei MinDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Martin KnöflerPlacental Development Group, Reproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Fei ChenKlarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. chenf@broadinstitute.org.ORCID 0000-0003-2308-3649
Sandra HaiderPlacental Development Group, Reproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. sandra.haider@muv.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0003-2409-1317
Jian ShuCutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. jian.shu@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9390-9333

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Successful pregnancy relies directly on the placenta's complex, dynamic, gene-regulatory networks. Disruption of this vast collection of intercellular and intracellular programs leads to pregnancy complications and developmental defects. In the present study, we generated a comprehensive, spatially resolved, multimodal cell census elucidating the molecular architecture of the first trimester human placenta. We utilized paired single-nucleus (sn)ATAC (assay for transposase accessible chromatin) sequencing and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), spatial snATAC-seq and RNA-seq, and in situ sequencing and hybridization mapping of transcriptomes at molecular resolution to spatially reconstruct the joint epigenomic and transcriptomic regulatory landscape. Paired analyses unraveled intricate tumor-like gene expression and transcription factor motif programs potentially sustaining the placenta in a hostile uterine environment; further investigation of gene-linked cis-regulatory elements revealed heightened regulatory complexity that may govern trophoblast differentiation and placental disease risk. Complementary spatial mapping techniques decoded these programs within the placental villous core and extravillous trophoblast cell column architecture while simultaneously revealing niche-establishing transcriptional elements and cell-cell communication. Finally, we computationally imputed genome-wide, multiomic single-cell profiles and spatially characterized the placental chromatin accessibility landscape. This spatially resolved, single-cell multiomic framework of the first trimester human placenta serves as a blueprint for future studies on early placental development and pregnancy.

Indexed as

MultiomicsPlacentaCell DifferentiationEpigenomeFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansPregnancyRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeTrophoblasts

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PMID39567716
PMCPMC12660148

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