Gauster M

Maternal platelets fulfil an exceptional and multifaceted plethora of roles during pregnancy, extending far beyond their traditional function in hemostasis. Increasing evidence suggests that platelets participate in placental development, i…

Embryo implantation and subsequent placentation require a fine balanced fetal-maternal cross-talk of hormones, cytokines and chemokines. Amongst the group of chemokines, CX3CL1 (also known as fractalkine) has recently attracted attention in…