Abstract

The study of the human placenta has always been appealing, given the importance of this temporal organ capable of sustaining the beginning of life and development of a new human being within the womb. Culturing placental explants has been an easy and reliable method to study some placental morphological, biochemical, and physiological features for a very long time. Besides low time consumption, requirement of few resources, and wide versatility, the placental explant in vitro culture retains cell-cell interaction in a 3D structure resembling the in vivo setting, which is why it is the option of choice for many researchers in the field. This chapter will describe a simplified method for culturing explants from human term placentas.

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