Could trophoblasts be the immune cells of pregnancy?

Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 17:31 in Biology & Nature

Trophoblasts, cells that form an outer layer around a fertilized egg and develop into the major part of the placenta, have now been shown to respond to inflammatory danger signals, researchers have found.

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