Recent Advances in Research on the Human Placenta

00 preface_ Recent Advances in Research on the Human Placenta......Page 1
01 a Part 1_ Screening Tests and Application of Placentas......Page 11
01 Early Pregnancy Screening for Complications\rof Pregnancy: Proteomic Profiling Approaches......Page 13
02 Human Placenta as a Biomarker\rof Environmental Toxins Exposure –\rLong-Term Morphochemical Monitoring......Page 29
03 Exploring the Human Term Placenta\ras a Novel Source for Stem Cells\rand their Application in the Clinic......Page 63
04 Aqueous Extract of Human Placenta\ras a Therapeutic Agent......Page 87
05 a Part 2_ Placental Toxicology, Infection, and Complicated Pregnancies......Page 103
05 Placental Toxicology of Pesticides......Page 105
06 Protein Expression of Aryl Hydrocarbon\rReceptors in Human Placentas from Mild\rPreeclamptic and Early Pregnancies......Page 129
07 Placental Infection by Trypanosome Cruzi,\rthe Causal Agent of Congenital\rChagas´ Disease......Page 137
08 Mechanism of Congenital Chagas Disease:\rEffective Infection Depends on the\rInterplay Between Trypanosoma cruzi\rand the Different Tissue Compartments\rin the Chorionic Villi of the Human Placenta......Page 159
09 Expression of Estrogen Receptors in Placentas\rOriginating from Premature Deliveries\rInduced by Arterial Hypertension......Page 175
10 a Part 3_ Immunology of Pregnancy......Page 189
10 Cytokines and the Innate Immune Response at the Materno-Fetal Interface......Page 191
11 Mechanisms of Maternal Immune\rTolerance During Pregnancy......Page 221
12 Placenta-Derived Exosomes\rand Their Role in the Immune\rProtection of the Fetus......Page 253
13 a Part 4_ Placental Vasculature......Page 271
13 The Morphology\rof Villous Capillary Bed\rin Normal and Diabetic Placenta......Page 273
14 Role of EG-VEGF in Human Placentation:\rPhysiological and Pathological Implications......Page 297
15 a Part 5_ Transport Across the Placental Barrier......Page 317
15 Placental Transport\rof Thyroid Hormone and Iodide......Page 319
16 ABC Transporters in Human Placenta and Their\rRole in Maternal-Fetal Cholesterol Transfer:\rABCA1 Candidate Target......Page 345
17 a Part 6_ Key Factors and Cellular Organelles in Placental Development......Page 365
17 Genomic Imprinting in Human Placenta......Page 367
18 Role of Nuclear Receptors\rPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors\r(PPARs) and Liver X Receptors (LXRs) in the\rHuman Placental Pathophysiology......Page 389
19 The Role of Mitochondria\rin Syncytiotrophoblast Cells:\rBioenergetics and Steroidogenesis......Page 407