Georg Schmorl on Trophoblasts in the Maternal Circulation

Excess placental soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1) may contribute to endothelial dysfunction, hypertension, and proteinuria in preeclampsia

Sharon E. Maynard, Jiang-Yong Min, Jaime R. Merchan et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2003 · 4K citations · Full text

Medicine, Maternal Health, Obstetrics +17

Male fetal progenitor cells persist in maternal blood for as long as 27 years postpartum.

Diana W. Bianchi, GretchenK. Zickwolf, Gary J. Weil et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 1.3K citations

Medicine, Genetics, Obstetrics +8

Isolation of fetal DNA from nucleated erythrocytes in maternal blood.

Diana W. Bianchi, Alan F. Flint, M F Pizzimenti et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 415 citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +7

PCR Quantitation of Fetal Cells in Maternal Blood in Normal and Aneuploid Pregnancies

Diana W. Bianchi, John M. Williams, Lisa Sullivan et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 1997 · 366 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14

Microchimerism in female bone marrow and bone decades after fetal mesenchymal stem-cell trafficking in pregnancy

Keelin O’Donoghue, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Josu de la Fuente et al. · The Lancet · 2004 · 269 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +16