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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Syncytotrophoblast



Syncytotrophoblast
Outer layer of trophoblast, It is not stem cells so it can not differentiated to other cell types.
It invades the wall of uterus and establishes nutritional supply between mother to fetus
It produces terminally differentiated cell. This tissue is specialized and it is  multinucleated with no individual cell
The syncytiotrophoblast secretes progesterone and leptin in addition to human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and human placental lactogen (HPL); hCG prevents degeneration of the corpus luteum.

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