Journal Title：Placenta

Placenta publishes high-quality original articles and invited topical reviews on all aspects of human and animal placentation, and the interactions between the mother, the placenta and fetal development. Topics covered include evolution, development, genetics and epigenetics, stem cells, metabolism, transport, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, cell and molecular biology, and developmental programming. The Editors welcome studies on implantation and the endometrium, comparative placentation, the uterine and umbilical circulations, the relationship between fetal and placental development, clinical aspects of altered placental development or function, the placental membranes, the influence of paternal factors on placental development or function, and the assessment of biomarkers of placental disorders.

Placenta 发表高质量的原创文章，并邀请对人类和动物胎盘的各个方面以及母亲、胎盘和胎儿发育之间的相互作用进行专题评论。涵盖的主题包括进化、发育、遗传学和表观遗传学、干细胞、新陈代谢、运输、免疫学、病理学、药理学、细胞和分子生物学以及发育编程。编辑欢迎关于植入和子宫内膜、比较胎盘、子宫和脐循环、胎儿和胎盘发育之间的关系、胎盘发育或功能改变的临床方面、胎盘膜、父系因素对胎盘发育或功能的影响的研究, 以及胎盘疾病生物标志物的评估。