Ij. Stewart et Ddy. Mukhtar, A SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MOUSE GRANULATED METRIAL GLAND-CELLS AND PLACENTAL TROPHOBLAST CELLS IN-VITRO, Journal of Anatomy, 184, 1994, pp. 153-156
Mouse granulated metrial gland cells were cocultured with labyrinthine
placental cells and cell-cell contacts examined by scanning electron
microscopy. Intimate contacts between granulated metrial gland cells a
nd placental cells were observed and in some of these, differences in
the surface morphology of the granulated metrial gland cells were obse
rved. Some contact areas were suggestive of the granulated metrial gla
nd cell monitoring the surface of potential target placental trophobla
st cells prior to lysis.