Breakdown of placenta junctional zone (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Breakdown of placenta junctional zone

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Immune activation during pregnancy induces a breakdown in the structure of the junctional zone, where maternal and fetal components of the placenta meet.

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Cheadle lab/CSHL

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