{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["Ackerman WE"],"funding":["NICHD NIH HHS"],"pubmed_abstract":["The phenotype of human placental extravillous trophoblast (EVT) at the end of pregnancy reflects both first trimester differentiation from villous cytotrophoblast (CTB) and later gestational changes, including loss of proliferative and invasive capacity. Invasion abnormalities are central to two major placental pathologies, preeclampsia and placenta accreta spectrum, so characterization of the corresponding normal processes is crucial. In this report, our gene expression analysis, using purified human CTB and EVT cells, highlights an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) mechanism underlying CTB-EVT differentiation and provides a trophoblast-specific EMT signature. In parallel, DNA methylation profiling shows that CTB cells, already hypomethylated relative to non-trophoblast cell lineage"],"journal":["bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology"],"pagination":["2024.07.02.601748"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11244995"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Epigenetic changes regulating the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human trophoblast differentiation."],"pmcid":["PMC11244995"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 HD090180","U01 HD087209"],"pubmed_authors":["Castano A","Illsley NP","Ackerman WE","Tariq M","Salas M","Rigo MM","DaSilva-Arnold SC","Do C","Zamudio S","Tycko B"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Epigenetic changes regulating the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human trophoblast differentiation.","description":"The phenotype of human placental extravillous trophoblast (EVT) at the end of pregnancy reflects both first trimester differentiation from villous cytotrophoblast (CTB) and later gestational changes, including loss of proliferative and invasive capacity. Invasion abnormalities are central to two major placental pathologies, preeclampsia and placenta accreta spectrum, so characterization of the corresponding normal processes is crucial. In this report, our gene expression analysis, using purified human CTB and EVT cells, highlights an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) mechanism underlying CTB-EVT differentiation and provides a trophoblast-specific EMT signature. In parallel, DNA methylation profiling shows that CTB cells, already hypomethylated relative to non-trophoblast cell lineage","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2026-04-23T03:23:56.983Z","creation":"2025-02-19T02:02:45.522Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11244995","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39005325"],"doi":["10.1101/2024.07.02.601748"]}}