Reconstructing the human first trimester fetal-maternal interface using single cell transcriptomics - whole genome sequencing

To explore the interactions between the range of maternal and fetal placental cell types present, we profiled the transcriptomes of more than 50,000 single cells from matched first trimester samples of maternal blood and decidua, as well as fetal cells from the placenta itself. Demuxlet was used to discern between cells of fetal and maternal origin, from SNPs inferred from genotyping.