Human cytotrophoblast organoids

Human cytotrophoblast organoid cultures were established from the villous trophoblast of first trimester placentas. We analyzed the global expression profile of the cytotrophoblast organoids (CTB-ORG) and compared to the profile of the tissue of origin i.e. villous cytotrophoblast (vCTB) as well as to differentiated syncytiotrophoblast (STB) and placental fibroblasts (FIB). Overall design: We employed QuantSeq method to analyzed the global expression profile of the cytotrophoblast organoids (4 replicates, CTB-ORG 1-4) and compared to the profile of the tissue of origin i.e. villous cytotrophoblast (3 replicates, vCTB 1-3) as well as to in vitro differentiated syncytiotrophoblast (3 replicates, STB1-3) and placental fibroblasts (2 replicates, FIB 1-2).