Placenta and Trophoblast Methods and Protocols, Volume I - Soares, Michael J.; Hunt, Joan S.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2006)
Overview I -- Methods for Studying Embryo Implantation and Uterine Biology -- Methodologies to Study Implantation in Mice -- Blastocyst Culture -- Isolation of Hormone Responsive Uterine Stromal Cells -- Rat Decidual Cell Cultures -- The Immortalization of Human Endometrial Cells -- Sheep Uterine Gland Knockout (UGKO) Model -- A Baboon Model for Inducing Endometriosis -- A Baboon Model for Simulating Pregnancy -- The Common Marmoset Monkey as a Model for Implantation and Early Pregnancy Research -- In Vitro Trophoblast and Placental Model Systems -- Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells -- Connexins and Trophoblast Cell Lineage Development -- Rcho-1 Trophoblast Stem Cells -- Bovine Trophoblast Cell Culture Systems -- In Vitro Induction of Trophoblast from Human Embryonic Stem Cells -- Isolation and Culture of Term Human Trophoblast Cells -- Production of Human Trophoblast Cell Lines -- Culture and Transfection of Human Choriocarcinoma Cells -- In Vitro Methods for Studying Vascularization of the Murine Allantois and Allantoic Union with the Chorion -- Phenotypic Analysis of the Placenta -- Phenotypic Analysis of the Mouse Placenta -- Phenotypic Analysis of the Rat Placenta -- Analysis of the Structure of the Ruminant Placenta -- Characterization of the Bovine Placenta by Cytoskeleton, Integrin Receptors, and Extracellular Matrix -- Molecular Markers for Human Placental Investigation -- Correlative Microscopy of Ultrathin Cryosections in Placental Research -- Vascular Corrosion Casting of the Uteroplacental and Fetoplacental Vasculature in Mice -- Analysis of Fetal and Maternal Microvasculature in Ruminant Placentomes by Corrosion Casting -- Molecular Analysis and Gene Transfer Techniques -- Microarray Analysis of Trophoblast Cells -- Gene Expression Microarray Data Analysis of Decidual and Placental Cell Differentiation -- Assays to Determine Allelic Usage of Gene Expression in the Placenta -- Adenoviral-Mediated Gene Delivery to Trophoblast Cells.
Keywords: Obstetrics; Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery.