Waiting
Login processing...

Trial ends in Request Full Access Tell Your Colleague About Jove
JoVE Journal
Immunology and Infection

This content is Open Access.

Human Placental and Decidual Organ Cultures to Study Infections at the Maternal-fetal Interface
 

Human Placental and Decidual Organ Cultures to Study Infections at the Maternal-fetal Interface

Article DOI: 10.3791/54237 07:04 min July 21st, 2016
July 21st, 2016

Chapters

Summary

A simple method to establish primary human placental (villous) and decidual organ cultures is described. Villous and decidual organ cultures are invaluable tools for studying pathogenesis at the human maternal-fetal interface. Infection with the facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is demonstrated.

Transcript

Tags

Human Placental Cultures Decidual Organ Cultures Maternal-fetal Interface Infections Placental Biology Infectious Diseases Three Dimensional Tissue Structure Fresh Human Specimens Tissue Culture Technique Extra-cellular Matrix Vials Collection Medium Trans-well Inserts Six Well Tissue Culture Plate
Read Article

Get cutting-edge science videos from JoVE sent straight to your inbox every month.

Waiting X
Simple Hit Counter