The fetal epigenome is established during periods of extensive cellular differentiation and may record, buffer or transmit information about the maternal milieu. This critical narrative review evaluates evidence that maternal nutrition and metabolic state, environmental toxicants...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i81410
Background: Carbon monoxide (CO) is a combustion-derived pollutant that reduces oxygen transport and may produce hypoxic stress during pregnancy. The placenta is central to maternal-foetal exchange and may show structural responses to environmental insults. However, evidence link...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i61396
Sherif Wagih Mansour, Ali Khalil Asalah, Kamelia Ibrahim Attia, Somya E. l. Sayed Mohammed & Ahmad Desoky·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2019
Background: Apelin is an endogenous ligand for the G protein-coupled receptor Apelin receptor (APJ), The expression of both apelin and APJ has been detected in a variety of tissues including heart, brain ,ovary , placenta and uterus. Aim of the Study: This study was designed to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i230119
Aims: Development of trabecular trophoblast cell population in the spongy zone of the endotheliochorial silver fox placenta was investigated with special attention to cytokeratin intracellular arrangement. Methodology: Cytokeratin immunohistochemistry. Results: It was shown that...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/26057
Aims: To study development of placenta in wild type and domesticated silver fox with special reference to cell cycle progression of the invasive trophoblast cells. Study Design: Immunohistochemistry with cytokeratin and CD34 primary antibodies to evaluate trophoblast, epithelium...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20235