{"title":"Placental development research: breakthrough and prospect","authors":"Xuan Shao","doi":"10.3760/CMA.J.ISSN.1007-9408.2019.10.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Successful pregnancy and delivery of a healthy offspring largely rely on a well-developed placenta. Defects in placental development may lead to various pregnancy complications. However, placenta has been one of the least understood organs. The mechanism of its development and function, as well as the molecular association between placental disorders and pregnancy complications remain unclear, thus become the least known area in the exploration of pregnancy and life. Along with the advances in modern techniques, the understanding of the placenta has been deepened from tissue structure to cellular and molecular level, and gradually toward the omics and systematic biology. In recent years, a number of groundbreaking achievements have been made in the field of placental development, which were summarized in this article. Some relevant international funding programs and future prospects in this area were also discussed. \n \n \nKey words: \nPlacentation; Health planning support; Pregnancy complications","PeriodicalId":52320,"journal":{"name":"中华围产医学杂志","volume":"22 1","pages":"694-697"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中华围产医学杂志","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3760/CMA.J.ISSN.1007-9408.2019.10.003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Successful pregnancy and delivery of a healthy offspring largely rely on a well-developed placenta. Defects in placental development may lead to various pregnancy complications. However, placenta has been one of the least understood organs. The mechanism of its development and function, as well as the molecular association between placental disorders and pregnancy complications remain unclear, thus become the least known area in the exploration of pregnancy and life. Along with the advances in modern techniques, the understanding of the placenta has been deepened from tissue structure to cellular and molecular level, and gradually toward the omics and systematic biology. In recent years, a number of groundbreaking achievements have been made in the field of placental development, which were summarized in this article. Some relevant international funding programs and future prospects in this area were also discussed.
Key words:
Placentation; Health planning support; Pregnancy complications
期刊介绍:
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine was founded in May 1998. It is one of the journals of the Chinese Medical Association, which is supervised by the China Association for Science and Technology, sponsored by the Chinese Medical Association, and hosted by Peking University First Hospital. Perinatal medicine is a new discipline jointly studied by obstetrics and neonatology. The purpose of this journal is to "prenatal and postnatal care, improve the quality of the newborn population, and ensure the safety and health of mothers and infants". It reflects the new theories, new technologies, and new progress in perinatal medicine in related disciplines such as basic, clinical and preventive medicine, genetics, and sociology. It aims to provide a window and platform for academic exchanges, information transmission, and understanding of the development trends of domestic and foreign perinatal medicine for the majority of perinatal medicine workers in my country.