Molecular Biology of Placental Development and Disease

Dr. William Huckle works at the Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology, Virginia Tech,USA.

1. Comparative Placental Anatomy: Divergent Structures Serving a Common Purpose S. Hafez 2. Cell and Tissue-Based Models for Study of Placental Development W.R. Huckle 3. Transcription Factors that Regulate Trophoblast Development and Function K.J. Baines and S.J. Renaud 4. The Phylogeny of Placental Evolution Through Dynamic Integrations of Retrotransposons K. Imakawa and S. Nakagawa 5. Contribution of Syncytins and Other Endogenous Retroviral Envelopes to Human Placenta Pathologies P.-A. Bolze, M. Mommert and F. Mallet 6. Role of Exosomes in Placental Homeostasis and Pregnancy Disorders C. Salomon and G.E. Rice 7. Novel Regulators of Hemodynamics in the Pregnant Uterus N.C. Clark, C.A. Pru and J.K. Pru 8. Regulation of Placental Amino Acid Transport and Fetal Growth O.R. Vaughan, F.J. Rosario, T.L. Powell and T. Jansson