Placental Syncytium Forms a Biophysical Barrier against Pathogen Invasion

Histopathologies, Immunolocalization, and a Glycan Binding Screen Provide Insights into Plasmodium falciparum Interactions with the Human Placenta

(2013) B. S. Hromatka et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Combinatory approaches prevent preterm birth profoundly exacerbated by gene-environment interactions

(2013) Jeeyeon Cha et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

ECM-Dependent HIF Induction Directs Trophoblast Stem Cell Fate via LIMK1-Mediated Cytoskeletal Rearrangement

(2013) Hwa J. Choi et al.   PLoS One

Human placental trophoblasts confer viral resistance to recipient cells

(2013) E. Delorme-Axford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Relative Risk of Listeriosis in Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) Sites According to Age, Pregnancy, and Ethnicity

(2012) Régis Pouillot et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Toxofilin upregulates the host cortical actin cytoskeleton dynamics, facilitating Toxoplasma invasion

(2012) V. Delorme-Walker et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

From ancestral infectious retroviruses to bona fide cellular genes: Role of the captured syncytins in placentation

(2012) A. Dupressoir et al.   PLACENTA

Host Defense and Tolerance: Unique Challenges in the Placenta

(2012) Varvara B. Zeldovich et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Placental Malaria and Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 in Rural Rwanda

(2011) Philip L. Bulterys et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Inflammation and pregnancy: the role of the immune system at the implantation site

(2011) Gil Mor et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Native Ultrastructure of the Red Cell Cytoskeleton by Cryo-Electron Tomography

(2011) Andrea Nans et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Pathogens and the placental fortress

(2011) Jennifer R Robbins et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Tissue Barriers of the Human Placenta to Infection with Toxoplasma gondii

(2011) Jennifer R. Robbins et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Impenetrable barriers or entry portals? The role of cell–cell adhesion during infection

(2011) Matteo Bonazzi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Trypanosoma cruzi induces apoptosis in ex vivo infected human chorionic villi

(2011) J. Duaso et al.   PLACENTA

Age-Related Intimal Stiffening Enhances Endothelial Permeability and Leukocyte Transmigration

(2011) J. Huynh et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Placental Viral Infection Sensitizes to Endotoxin-Induced Pre-Term Labor: A Double Hit Hypothesis

(2010) Ingrid Cardenas et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The placenta: transcriptional, epigenetic, and physiological integration during development

(2010) Emin Maltepe et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Viral Infection of the Placenta Leads to Fetal Inflammation and Sensitization to Bacterial Products Predisposing to Preterm Labor

(2010) I. Cardenas et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Stress relaxation and creep on living cells with the atomic force microscope: a means to calculate elastic moduli and viscosities of cell components

(2010) Susana Moreno-Flores et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Elastic Properties of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

(2010) Kyle E. Hammerick et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Placental Syncytiotrophoblast Constitutes a Major Barrier to Vertical Transmission of Listeria monocytogenes

(2010) Jennifer R. Robbins et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity

(2009) Stacey Beck et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Host Cell Entry by Apicomplexa Parasites Requires Actin Polymerization in the Host Cell

(2009) Virginie Gonzalez et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The bacterial virulence factor InlC perturbs apical cell junctions and promotes cell-to-cell spread of Listeria

(2009) Tina Rajabian et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Adhesion Molecules in Human Trophoblast – A Review. I. Villous Trophoblast

(2009) J.D. Aplin et al.   PLACENTA

Detection of bacteria in placental tissues obtained from extremely low gestational age neonates

(2008) Andrew B. Onderdonk et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Increased leukaemia cell stiffness is associated with symptoms of leucostasis in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

(2008) Wilbur A. Lam et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY