(1) Laboratory for Research in Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ha'Emek Medical Center, 8101 Afula, Israel;(2) Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Afula, Israel
Abstract:
Background
The aim of this study was to examine the invasiveness of first trimester trophoblasts according to the secretion profile of MMP-2 and -9 at different gestational stages, and to test the similarity between primary trophoblast cell-culture and the JAR choriocarcinoma cell-line.