Mechanical forces on trophoblast motility and its potential role in spiral artery remodeling during pregnancy.
Placenta
; 123: 46-53, 2022 06 01.
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ABSTRACT
During the first trimester of pregnancy, cytotrophoblasts (CTBs) differentiate into extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs). EVTs migrate from villus to decidua, invade maternal spiral arteries (SAs) and more strikingly, they migrate against blood flow along the vessels and replace endothelial cells (ECs), completing SA remodeling. Studies have indicated that trophoblast cells are mechanosensitive. They assemble ECs, which can align in the direction of fluid flow. However, how they sense blood flow and transform mechanical stimulations into chemical signals remain largely unexplored. What factors trigger their motility? what are the potential and major factors that guide them to find their path and empower them to migrate against flow? To answer these intricate questions, this review provides some of the novel aspects and sheds new insights into clinical applications.
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Trofoblastos
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Decidua
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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Placenta
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2022
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