摘要
<正>Inducible knockout of syncytin-a leads to poor placental glucose transport in mice WANG Ya-nan1,2,CHEN Hai-bin1(Email:chenhb@stu.edu.cn)1. Department of Histology and Embryology,Shantou University Medical College,China,2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College Cell-cell fusion of cytotrophoblasts into the syncytiotrophoblast layer is a key process in placental development. Syncytin,an endogenous retroviral envelope protein,is expressed in placental trophoblasts and specifically mediates syncytiotrophoblast layer formation.