Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Circulating trophoblast cell clusters for early detection of placenta accreta spectrum disorders

  • Yalda Afshar,
  • Jiantong Dong,
  • Pan Zhao,
  • Lei Li,
  • Shan Wang,
  • Ryan Y. Zhang,
  • Ceng Zhang,
  • Ophelia Yin,
  • Christina S. Han,
  • Brett D. Einerson,
  • Tania L. Gonzalez,
  • Huirong Zhang,
  • Anqi Zhou,
  • Zhuo Yang,
  • Shih-Jie Chou,
  • Na Sun,
  • Ju Cheng,
  • Henan Zhu,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Tiffany X. Zhang,
  • Yi-Te Lee,
  • Jasmine J. Wang,
  • Pai-Chi Teng,
  • Peng Yang,
  • Dongping Qi,
  • Meiping Zhao,
  • Myung-Shin Sim,
  • Ruilian Zhe,
  • Jeffrey D. Goldstein,
  • John Williams,
  • Xietong Wang,
  • Qingying Zhang,
  • Lawrence D. Platt,
  • Chang Zou,
  • Margareta D. Pisarska,
  • Hsian-Rong Tseng,
  • Yazhen Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24627-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a high-risk obstetrical complication associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Here the authors discover a uniquely high prevalence of circulating trophoblasts clusters in PAS and explore their diagnostic potential to augment current diagnostic modalities for the early detection of PAS.