Trophoblast Cells

1. All in the Family: The Growth Hormone, Prolactin, and Placental Lactogen Triad.- I.Trophoblast Development and Organization.- 2. Development and Organization of Primate Trophoblast Cells.- 3. Structural and Endocrinological Differentiation of Ruminant Trophoblast.- 4. Trophoblast Cell Differentiation: Expression of the Placental Prolactin Family.- II.Trophoblast-Uterine Interactions.- 5. Trophoblast-Uterine Interactions in Implantation: Role of Transforming Growth Factor ?/Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling.- 6. Cell Interactions in Trophoblast Invasion.- 7. Cytotrophoblast Expression of Integrin Extracellular Matrix Receptors Is Altered in Preeclampsia.- 8. Regulation of Trophoblast ?2-Macroglobulin Receptor/Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein: A Multifunctional Receptor Possibly Involved in Trophoblast Invasion and Placental Lipid Transport.- 9. Autocrine/Paracrine Regulation of Decidual Prolactin Expression.- 10. Human Trophoblast-Uterine Immunological Interactions.- III.Biology of Trophoblast Cell Signaling Systems.- 11. Mouse Placental Lactogens: Characterization and Regulation of Expression in Trophoblast Cells.- 12. Molecular Genetics and Biology of the Rat Placental Prolactin Family.- 13. Molecular Genetics and Biology of the Bovine Placental Prolactin Family.- 14. Trophoblast Interferons: Expression During Development and Gene Organization.- 15. Placental Expression and Function of the Human Growth Hormone Gene Cluster.- IV.Regulation of Trophoblast Gene Expression.- 16. Transcriptional Regulation of the Placental Lactogen Genes in Mouse Trophoblast Giant Cells.- 17. The ?-Subunit of the Glycoprotein Hormones: Evolution of a Combinatorial Code for Placenta-Specific Expression.- 18. Expression by Transgenic Mouse Placenta of a Human Placental Hormone, the ?-Subunit of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin.- 19. Genetic Elements Regulating Human Placental Lactogen Expression.- 20. Expression of Human Placental Hormone Genes in Growing and Growth-Inhibited (Transitional) Trophoblasts.- Author Index.