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Tissue from a representative first miscarriage, 9th week of gestation (GA week 9; approx. post-fertilization age week 7).
Tissue from a representative first miscarriage, 9th week of gestation ({{GA}} week 9; approx. post-fertilization age week 7).


Paraffin serial sections. A subpopulation of Hofbauer cells residing in the villous stroma, identified by are positive for CD100 (panel a, red asterisks)
Paraffin serial sections. A subpopulation of Hofbauer cells residing in the villous stroma, identified by are positive for CD100 (panel a, red asterisks)

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Placenta Hofbauer Cells

  • human villous macrophages
  • highly vacuolated cells
  • located the core of placental villi and cord
  • macrophages with micropinocytotic activity and phagocytosis ability
  • possible paracrine role for early stages of placental vasculogenesis


Tissue from a representative first miscarriage, 9th week of gestation (GA week 9; approx. post-fertilization age week 7).

Paraffin serial sections. A subpopulation of Hofbauer cells residing in the villous stroma, identified by are positive for CD100 (panel a, red asterisks)

Bar = 60 µm.


Reference

<pubmed>22606231</pubmed>| PLoS One.

Copyright: © 2012 Lorenzi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


Figure 2. panel A resized, contrast adjusted and inset enlargement added. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035232.g002 Journal.pone.0035232.g002.jpg

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