Commentary
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Mediates Adverse Effects on Placental and Fetal development by Impairing Trophoblast Differentiation and Vascular Transformation
Suzanne de la Monte*Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Suzanne de la Monte
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA
E-mail: suzanne_delamonte_md@brown.edu
Received Date: May 06, 2013; Accepted Date: May 26, 2013; Published Date: May 28, 2013
Citation: de la Monte S (2013) Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Mediates Adverse Effects on Placental and Fetal development by Impairing Trophoblast Differentiation and Vascular Transformation. J Clin Exp Pathol 3:139. doi: 10.4172/2161-0681.1000139
Copyright: © 2013 de la Monte S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The article, “Dual mechanisms of ethanol-impaired placentation: experimental model”, by Drs.Gundogan et al. [1] utilized a robust experimental model of gestation alcohol exposures in rats to examine effects on placentation and fetal development. Dr. Gundogan et al. have pioneered a new field demonstrating the contributions of alcohol-induced impairments in placental growth and development to the pathogenesis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
