Biology and pathology of trophoblast

Ashley Moffett,Y W Loke,Anne McLaren,NetLibrary, Inc.0511169132, 9780511169137

Table of contents :
Contents
……Page 7
Contributors……Page 9
Participants……Page 11
Preface……Page 13
References
……Page 15
Chair’s introduction……Page 17
1. Trophoblast cell fate specification
……Page 19
2. Stem cells: pluripotency and extraembryonic
differentiation in the mouse……Page 31
3. Epigenetic regulation of trophoblast
development……Page 49
4. Regulation of X-chromosome inactivation in
relation to lineage allocation in early mouse
embryogenesis……Page 62
5. Gestational trophoblastic disease……Page 90
6. Trophoblast and the first trimester
environment……Page 127
7. Implantation is a sticky situation……Page 148
8. Trophoblast regulation of maternal
endocrine function and behaviour……Page 164
9. Molecular signalling in embryo–uterine
interactions during implantation……Page 189
10. Trophoblast and pre-eclampsia
……Page 210
11. Trophoblast and uterine mucosal leukocytes……Page 239
12. Immunology of trophoblast: a reappraisal……Page 258
Final general discussion
……Page 277
Index
……Page 283
Pictures
……Page 289