Talk:Mouse Development

From Embryology

Background Reading

  • Mouse models of congenital cardiovascular disease. Moon A. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2008;84:171-248. Review. PMID: 19186245
  • Mouse models for investigating the developmental basis of human birth defects. Moon AM. Pediatr Res. 2006 Jun;59(6):749-55. Epub 2006 Apr 26. PMID: 16641221


  • http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=18083227 murine placenta contains two invasive cell types, trophoblast giant cells (TGC) and glycogen trophoblast cells (GlyT) TGC population is now recognized to have several subtypes, two of which are invasive; TGCs that form a barrier between the maternal decidua and the underlying placenta (parietal TGCs) and TGCs that invade via an endovascular route (spiral artery-associated TGCs)