Dean's Office Howard University College of Medicine,Grant/Award Number:Bridge Fund/Pilot Study Award;National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities,Grant/Award Number:RCMI/IDC Award U54MD007597;National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,Grant/Award Number:R03HD095417 and R16HD116702。
Background:How AMP activated protein kinase(AMPK)signaling regulates mito-chondrial functions and mitophagy in human trophoblast cells remains unclear.This study was designed to investigate potential players mediating...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82030040,82301897,and 82171653);the Natural Science Foundation of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital,Nanjing University Medical School(2022-JCYJ-QP-54);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong(ZR202111300553 and ZR2022MH094).
Objective:Placental dysfunction is a major contributor to miscarriages in humans.We observed elevated expression of Kruppel-like factor 12(KLF12)in placental villi of women who experienced miscarriage compared to that...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFD1301103);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31802033);the Guangdong Provincial Key Area Research and Development Program(2022B0202090002);the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2022A1515011131,2023A1515030193);the Guangdong Provincial Promotion Project on Preservation and Utilization of Local Breed of Livestock and Poultry(2018143).
Dynamic crosstalk between the embryo and mother is crucial during implantation.Here,we comprehensively profile the single-cell transcriptome of pig peri-implantation embryos and corresponding maternal endometrium,iden...
supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC2702400,2021YFC2700303,2022YFC2702500 and2022YFA1103601);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82192872).
Decidual natural killer(dNK)cells are the most abundant immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface during early pregnancy in both mice and humans,and emerging single-cell transcriptomic studies have uncovered variou...
supported by Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety,Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine.
Parabens(PBs),especially propylparaben,commonly used in consumer products,pose environmental and health concerns.This study explored propylparaben’s cytotoxicity on HTR-8/SVneo human trophoblast cells,revealing signi...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(T2222029 and U21A20396);Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA16020802);CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(YSBR-012);CAS Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Organ Manufacturing(KFJ-PTXM-039).
Mechanical force is crucial in the whole process of embryonic development.However,the role of trophoblast mechanics during embryo implantation has rarely been studied.In this study,we constructed a model to explore th...
This work was supported by the National Natural.Science Foundation of China(31970822 and 31902161);the Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province(2021BBA221 and 2022BCE002);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2662022DKPY001);the Major Project of Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2021hszdo03)。
The effective proliferation and differentiation of trophoblast stem cells(TSCs)is indispensable for the development of the placenta,which is the key to maintaining normal fetal growth during pregnancy.Kruppel-like fac...
special clinical research projects of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission(202140065);Shanghai Rising Stars of Medical Talent Youth Development Program(AB83030002019004)
Objective:Hydrogen sulfide(H_(2)S)has been elucidated that it promotes migration and invasion in human placenta trophoblasts.However,the signaling pathway underlying H_(2)S-based regulation of trophoblasts remains unk...
supported by“Heart Health Research Fund,”Special Fund for Cardiovascular Disease Development of China,China International Medical Foundation(Grant No.Z-2019-42-1908-3),Tianjin Key Medical Discipline(Specialty)Construction Project,and the Young Talents Training Program of Tianjin First Central Hospital.
Background:Preeclampsia(PE),characterized by hypertension and proteinuria,leads to serious maternal and infant complications.Uridine-cytidine kinase 2(UCK2)belongs to the UCK family,a class of enzymes that catalyzes t...
GTD (Gestational Trophoblastic Disease) is a pathology that encompasses benign and malignant clinical forms, affects women of childbearing age, has a variable incidence and is more frequent in developing or underdevel...