Placental Tissue (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Placental Tissue

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When human placental tissue (fluorescence microscopy image shown) is exposed to interferon-β, it develops syncytial knots, which appear as protruding bulges, not seen in healthy tissue.

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Yockey et al., <i>Science Immunology</i> (2018)

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