Astrid Blaschitz

TL;DR: The HLA‐G class Ib gene appears to be a functional locus and its functional properties, although incompletely understood, are likely to be important in the outcome of human pregnancies but also in normal adult life.

TL;DR: Examination of scanning electron microscopic examination clearly showed that PLEC remained elongated at the confluent state, in contrast to the more polygonal phenotype of HPEC-A2 and HUVEC that were studied in parallel.

TL;DR: Surprisingly, BFL.1 strongly and reproducibly stained endothelial cells in the fetal capillaries present in the mesenchymal core of the chorionic villi, whereas none of the other surrounding cellular components were stained, suggesting that HLA‐G may be present as a soluble form during the whole period of fetal vascularization and/or exert a nonimmunological function related to the endothelial cell type.

TL;DR: The findings identify the TGD surface layer as primary intracellular storage site for FC within adipocytes and suggest that the structural role of ER-resident proteins in this adipocyte TGD envelope has been previously neglected.

TL;DR: According to this study trophoblasts from first trimester placentae should be identified by cytokeratin antibodies specific for the isoform 7, and subsequent immunodepletion with antibodies to CD45RB and FSA increased the purity of the trophoblast preparation to greater than 98 per cent.