Animal models of human pregnancy and placentation: alternatives to the mouse

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Rhesus macaque fetal and placental growth demographics: A resource for laboratory animal researchers

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Animal models of the placenta accreta spectrum: current status and further perspectives

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Placental model as an important tool to study maternal-fetal interface

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The Role of the 3Rs for Understanding and Modeling the Human Placenta

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Trophoblast Organoids: Capturing the Complexity of Early Placental Development In Vitro

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Modeling the Human Placenta to Investigate Viral Infections During Pregnancy

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Transplacental Antibody Transfer of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Specific IgG in Non-Human Primate Mother-Infant Pairs

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Therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicles for treating human pregnancy disorders

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Crosstalk between decidual natural killer cells and extravillous trophoblasts at the maternal-fetal interface: current status and future perspectives

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Impaired implantation as a major upstream pathway of preeclampsia: a narrative synthesis of mechanistic, epidemiological and biomarker evidence

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Organic Sunscreens and Their Products of Degradation in Biotic and Abiotic Conditions—In Silico Studies of Drug-Likeness and Human Placental Transport

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Modeling Preeclampsia: From 2D Cultures to Placenta-on-a-Chip Technologies

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PPARγ—A Factor Linking Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity with Placental Pathologies

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