Villous Trophoblasts (VT)

Trophoblast cells began in the outer layer of a blastula to early, and provide nutrition for the maternal endometrium and embryo development in the embryo and trophoblast adhesion to the wall of the uterus essential first step. Normal trophoblast cells are more similar to malignant tumor than normal tissue. Coated in chorionic villi trophoblastic cells called villous trophoblasts (VT). Other parts of the uterine trophoblast cells called extravillous cytotrophoblasts. The features of villous trophoblasts, together with the recent establishment of trophoblast stem cells, make them an ideal genetic platform to study cell differentiation and organogenesis.