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Main description:
The aim of the two-volume set of Placenta and Trophoblast: Methods and Protocols is to offer contemporary approaches for studying the biology of the placenta. The chapters contained herein also address critical features of the female organ within which the embryo is housed, the uterus, and some aspects of the embryo-fetus itself, particularly those of common experimental animal models. In keeping with the organization used effectively in other volumes in this series, each chapter has a brief introduction followed by a list of required items, protocols, and notes designed to help the reader perform the expe- ments without difficulty. In both volumes, sources of supplies are given and illustrations highlight particular techniques as well as expected outcomes. A key aspect of these volumes is that the contributors are at the forefronts of their disciplines, thus ensuring the accuracy and usefulness of the chapters. Placenta research has progressed rapidly over the past several decades by taking advantage of the technical advances made in other fields. For example, the reader will note that many techniques, such as reverse transcriptase po- merase chain reaction, northern and western blotting, microarray analyses and in situ hybridization experiments, are routinely used for dissecting a wide range of experimental questions. Protein analysis and functional experiments on tissues and cells that comprise the maternal-fetal interface benefit from studies in en- crinology, immunology, and developmental biology. These volumes also present new ideas on investigating gene imprinting and gene transfer via viral vectors.
Contents:
Part I. Introduction
Placenta and Trophoblast: Methods and Protocols: Overview II
Michael J. Soares and Joan S. Hunt
Part II. Analysis of Trophoblast Invasion
In Vivo Analysis of Trophoblast Cell Invasion in the Human
Robert Pijnenborg, Elizabeth Ball, Judith N. Bulmer, Myriam Hanssens, Stephen C. Robson, and Lisbeth Vercruysse
In Vitro Analysis of Trophoblast Invasion
John D. Aplin
An In Vitro Model of Trophoblast Invasion of Spiral Arteries
Judith E. Cartwright and Mark Wareing
Part III. Analysis of Uteroplacental Immune Cells and Their Functions
In Vivo Models for Studying Homing and Function of Murine Uterine Natural Killer Cells
B. Anne Croy and Xuemei Xie
Immune and Trophoblast Cells at the Rhesus Monkey Maternal-Fetal Interface
Thaddeus G. Golos, Gennadiy I. Bondarenko, Edith E. Breburda, Svetlana V. Dambaeva, Maureen Durning, and Igor I. Slukvin
Methods for Isolation of Cells from the Human Fetal-Maternal Interface
Anita Trundley, Lucy Gardner, Jacquie Northfield, Chiwen Chang, and Ashley Moffett
In Vitro Models for Studying Human Uterine and Placental Macrophages
Ramsey H. McIntire, Margaret G. Petroff, Teresa A. Phillips, and Joan S. Hunt
Macrophage-Trophoblast Interactions
Gil Mor, Shawn L. Straszewski-Chavez, and Vikki M. Abrahams
Methods for Evaluating Histocompatibility Antigen Gene Expression in the Baboon
Daudi K. Langat, Asgerally T. Fazleabas, and Joan S. Hunt
Analysis of the Soluble Isoforms of HLA-G: mRNAs and Proteins
Judith L. Pace, Pedro J. Morales, Teresa A. Phillips, and Joan S. Hunt
Part IV. Analysis of Placental Function: Transport and Endocrinology
In Vivo Techniques for Studying Fetoplacental Nutrient Uptake, Metabolism, and Transport
Timothy R. H. Regnault and William W. Hay, Jr.
In Vitro Models for Studying Trophoblast Transcellular Transport
Claudia J. Bode, Hong Jin, Erik Rytting, Peter S. Silverstein, Amber M. Young, and Kenneth L. Audus
In Vitro Methods for Studying Human Placental Amino Acid Transport: Placental Plasma Membrane Vesicles
Jocelyn D. Glazier and Colin P. Sibley
In Vitro Methods for Studying Human Placental Amino Acid Transport: Placental Villous Fragments
Susan L. Greenwood and Colin P. Sibley
Methods for Investigating Placental Fatty Acid Transport
Yan Xu, Thomas J. Cook, and Gregory T. Knipp
Heterologous Expression Systems for Studying Placental Transporters
Vadivel Ganapathy, You-Jun Fei, and Puttur D. Prasad
Analysis of Trophoblast Giant Cell Steroidogenesis in Primary Cultures
Noa Sher and Joseph Orly
Establishment of an ELISA for the Detection of Native Bovine Pregnancy-Associated Glycoproteins Secreted by Trophoblast Binucleate Cells
Jonathan A. Green and R. Michael Roberts
Alkaline Phosphatase Fusion Proteins as Tags for Identifying Targets for Placental Ligands
Heiner Muller and Michael J. Soares
Bacterial Expression of Prolactin Family Proteins
Arieh Gertler
Analysis of Placental Regulation of Hematopoiesis
Beiyan Zhou and Daniel I. H. Linzer
Methods for Studying Interferon Tau Stimulated Genes
Fuller W. Bazer and Thomas E. Spencer
Part V. Analysis of Placenta Adaptation to Disease
Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure (RUPP) Model for Studying Cardiovascular-Renal Dysfunction in Response to Placental Ischemia
Joey P. Granger, B. Babbette D. LaMarca, Kathy Cockrell, Mona Sedeek, Charles Balzi, Derrick Chandler, and William Bennett
In Vivo Rat Model of Preeclampsia
S. Ananth Karumanchi and Isaac E. Stillman
A Novel Mouse Model for Preeclampsia by Transferring Activated Th1 Cells into Normal Pregnant Mice
Ana Claudia
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: September, 2014
Pages: 476
Weight: 724g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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