Interstitial trophoblast invasion in the decidua and mesometrial triangle during the last third of pregnancy in the rat
L Vercruysse, S Caluwaerts, C Luyten, R Pijnenborg - Placenta, 2006 - Elsevier
Like other species with haemochorial placentation, pregnant rats show marked invasion of
the uterine wall by trophoblast. While an endovascular pathway of invasion has been
recognized for a long time, only recently, by application of cytokeratin immunostaining, the
existence of an interstitial pathway of invasion has been established. Interstitial invasion is
mainly effected by glycogen cell-like trophoblast arising from glycogen cell islands of the
trophospongium opening up into the decidua, and from glycogen cell sheaths surrounding …
the uterine wall by trophoblast. While an endovascular pathway of invasion has been
recognized for a long time, only recently, by application of cytokeratin immunostaining, the
existence of an interstitial pathway of invasion has been established. Interstitial invasion is
mainly effected by glycogen cell-like trophoblast arising from glycogen cell islands of the
trophospongium opening up into the decidua, and from glycogen cell sheaths surrounding …