Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface pp. i-xiii
Chapter 1. An Overview of Development, Function and Diseases of the Placenta
(Usha Verma and Nipun Verma, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA, and others)pp. 1-30
Chapter 2. Emerging Tasks of PAR<sub>1</sub> and PAR<sub>2</sub> in the Placenta Trophoblast Anchoring to the Uterus Decidua
(S. Grisaru-Granovsky, M. Maoz, H. Turm and R. Bar-Shavit, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hebrew University Medical Centers, Jerusalem, Israel)pp. 31-42
Chapter 3. Leptin Action and Leptin Receptor Signaling in Human Trophoblast
(Antonio Pérez-Pérez, Flora Sánchez-Jiménez, Julieta L. Maymó, Yésica P. Gambino, José L. Dueñas, Cecilia L. Varone and Víctor Sánchez-Margalet, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, University of Seville, Spain, and others)pp. 43-58
Chapter 4. Immunology of Human Pregnancy: Transfer of Antibodies and Associated Placental Function
(Antoine Malek and Nick A. Bersinger, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, and others)pp. 59-80
Chapter 5. Effects of Maternal Nutrition Imbalance During Pregnancy on Outcome in Offspring
(YuXia Chen, Richard C. Nicholson and DongLian Cai, Department of Pathophysiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, and others)pp. 81-98
Chapter 6. Role of Placental Hypoxia, Oxidative Stress and Alcohol Exposure in Fetal Development
(Cleofina Bosco, Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Jaime González, Eugenia Diaz and Ramón Rodrigo, Anatomy and Developmental Biology Programme, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, and others)pp. 99-130
Chapter 7. The Role of Nitric Oxide in Placental Function
(Cleofina Bosco, Jaime González, Rodrigo Gutiérrez and Ramón Rodrigo, Anatomy and Developmental Biology Programme, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, and others)pp. 131-154
Chapter 8. HCG and Hyperglycosylated HCG, Promoters of Villous Placenta and Hemochorial Placentation
(Laurence A. Cole, USA hCG Reference Service, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM, USA)pp. 155-166
Chapter 9. Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors during Pregnancy and their Potential Health Effects in Newborns
(J. M. Saenz, M. F. Fernandez and N. Olea, Lab Investigaciones Médicas-CIBERESP, University of Granada, San Cecilio University Hospital, Granada, Spain)pp. 167-186
Chapter 10. Placental Transport of Environmental Toxicants
(Line Mathiesen and Lisbeth E. Knudsen, Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)pp. 187-216
Chapter 11. Placental Toxicology of Organic Pollutants
(Gladis Magnarelli and Natalia Guiñazú, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Patagonia Norte (IDEPA), CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Argentina, and others)pp. 217-260
Chapter 12. The Placental Renin Angiotensin System
(Kirsty G. Pringle and Eugenie R. Lumbers, Hunter Medical Research Institute and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)pp. 261-288
Chapter 13. Relationship between Placenta Preeclampsia and the Long Term Clinical Outcome in Adult Offspring
(Cleofina Bosco, Eugenia Díaz, Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Jaime González and Ramón Rodrigo, Anatomy and Developmental Biology Programme, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile, and others)pp. 289-310
Chapter 14. Mitochondrial ATP-Diphosphohydrolase and Steroidogenesis in the Human Placenta
(Oscar Flores-Herrera, Sofía Olvera-Sánchez, Juan Pablo Pardo and Federico Martínez, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)pp. 311-326
Chapter 15. Characterization and Clinical Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Placenta
(Jin-fang Zhang, Wei-ming Fu, Gang Lu and Hsiang-fu Kung, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and others)pp. 327-334
Chapter 16. The Role of the Primate Placenta in Term and Preterm Parturition
(Roger Smith, Jonathan Paul, Cheng Chan, and Jeffrey Keelan
Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia)pp. 335-346
Index pp. 347-368
