Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

A microphysiological model of human trophoblast invasion during implantation

  • Ju Young Park,
  • Sneha Mani,
  • Geremy Clair,
  • Heather M. Olson,
  • Vanessa L. Paurus,
  • Charles K. Ansong,
  • Cassidy Blundell,
  • Rachel Young,
  • Jessica Kanter,
  • Scott Gordon,
  • Alex Y. Yi,
  • Monica Mainigi,
  • Dan Dongeun Huh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28663-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Normal and abnormal pregnancy is challenging to study and involves complex interactions between maternal and fetal cells. Here the authors present an implantation-on-a-chip device capable of modeling trophoblast invasion, a process critical to the establishment of pregnancy.