也许没有一个器官像胎盘一样被低估了。它是形成的第一个器官,但在生命的宏伟计划中,它只和我们在一起很短的一段时间。它是一个迷人的器官,母亲和胎儿的组成部分,以复杂的方式相互作用,以确保有效的营养交换,以滋养胎儿。对于这样一个短命的器官,它对我们的健康有着深远的、终身的影响。胎盘的缺陷与先天性心脏病、神经发育障碍、甚至代谢性疾病有关。考虑到它在促进胎儿生长方面所做的一切,它在出生后经常被随意地扔进生物危害箱,这似乎是可笑的。

Figure 1. Immunofluorescence staining of normal (left) and trophoblast VE-cadherin knockout (right) mouse placentas for trophoblasts (Cytokeratin 8, magenta), endothelial cells (Endomucin, green), and red blood cells (TER119, red). Nuclei are stained with DAPI (blue). White arrowheads point to persistence endothelial cells in VE-cadherin knockout placentas that should not be there. Images in bottom row are correlated to white boxes in top row. Image used with permission from Sung et al. 2022, eLife

Figure 2. Endothelial cells (left) and trophoblast cells (right) were cultured in an ibidi µ-Dish 35 mm, high with a Culture-Insert 2 Well. Cells were allowed to migrate towards each other after removal of the insert prior to fixation, staining, and imaging. Cells were stained with an antibody against VE-cadherin (magenta), phalloidin for F-actin (cyan), and Cytokeratin 8 (yellow). Image used with permission from Derek Sung
我们对胎盘生物学的研究才刚刚起步。我希望下一代科学家将对妇女和生殖健康特别感兴趣,因为这是一个科学和医学领域,研究严重不足。我的梦想是有一天开一个自己的实验室来研究胎盘的发育,这可能会为胎盘相关疾病的患者带来新的治疗方法。
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Sung DC, Chen X, Chen M, et al. VE-cadherin enables trophoblast endovascular invasion and spiral artery remodeling during placental development. Elife . 2022:1-17
Derek Sung — MD/PhD Student
Derek是宾夕法尼亚大学医学院的医学博士/博士生,从事发育和细胞生物学领域的工作。他的研究探讨血管发育的机制,他在免疫荧光染色和共聚焦显微镜方面有专长。

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