Monika Sundl

TL;DR: It is suggested that invasion of EVTs into uterine veins is responsible the draining of waste and blood plasma from the intervillous space during the first trimester of pregnancy.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates for the first time serial cross sections through a trophoblast plug in a first trimester placental bed specimen and gives evidence of the presence of MMP-1 in plugs of invaded spiral arteries.

TL;DR: This study further strengthens the hypothesis of histiotrophic nutrition of the embryo prior to the establishment of the maternal blood flow toward the placenta by using a previously established three-dimensional co-culture in vitro model system of first trimester villous explants with non-invaded decidua parietalis.

TL;DR: It is shown that SAA1 (coding for the major SAA isoform) but not SAA2 transcripts are expressed in human trabecular and cortical bone fractions and bone marrow and evidence that human osteoblast‐like cells of tumor origin express SAF‐1 under basal conditions.

TL;DR: First trimester trophoblast and JAR/Jeg‐3 cells further express the human homolog of SAA‐activating factor‐1, a transcription factor involved in cytokine‐mediated induction of A‐SAA genes, suggesting that A-SAA plays a role during early fetal development.