TY - CHAP
T1 - Feto-placental Unit
T2 - From Development to Function
AU - Covarrubias, Ambart
AU - Aguilera-Olguín, Macarena
AU - Carrasco-Wong, Ivo
AU - Pardo, Fabián
AU - Díaz-Astudillo, Pamela
AU - Martín, Sebastián San
N1 - Funding Information:
Source of Funding Carrasco-Wong is financially supported by Convocatoria Nacional Subvención a la Instalación en la Academia-ANID Nr. SA77210087.
Funding Information:
S. San Martín is financially supported by ANID Fondecyt Regular 2022 and Nº 1221362 and Biomedical Research Centre (CI 05/2006). P. Díaz-Astudillo was financially supported by Beca Magíster Nacional-ANID Nr. 5301/2019. M. Aguilera-Olguín is financially sup - ported by Beca Doctorado Nacional-ANID Nr. folio 21221232.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The placenta is an intriguing organ that allows us to survive intrauterine life. This essential organ connects both mother and fetus and plays a crucial role in maternal and fetal well-being. This chapter presents an overview of the morphological and functional aspects of human placental development. First, we describe early human placental development and the characterization of the cell types found in the human placenta. Second, the human placenta from the second trimester to the term of gestation is reviewed, focusing on the morphology and specific pathologies that affect the placenta. Finally, we focus on the placenta’s primary functions, such as oxygen and nutrient transport, and their importance for placental development.
AB - The placenta is an intriguing organ that allows us to survive intrauterine life. This essential organ connects both mother and fetus and plays a crucial role in maternal and fetal well-being. This chapter presents an overview of the morphological and functional aspects of human placental development. First, we describe early human placental development and the characterization of the cell types found in the human placenta. Second, the human placenta from the second trimester to the term of gestation is reviewed, focusing on the morphology and specific pathologies that affect the placenta. Finally, we focus on the placenta’s primary functions, such as oxygen and nutrient transport, and their importance for placental development.
KW - Development
KW - Nutrient transport
KW - Oxygen
KW - Placenta morphology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165516939&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-32554-0_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-32554-0_1
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 37466767
AN - SCOPUS:85165516939
T3 - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
SP - 1
EP - 29
BT - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PB - Springer
ER -