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TROPHOBLAST cells must play a significant role in the movement of solute and water into the blastocoele1. The epithelial trophoblast (Fig. 1A exposed on one side to the uterine environment and on the other to the blastocoele fluid, appears structurally and functionally similar to other solute and water transporting organs with epithelial cells which separate the blood stream from body cavities2. There is evidence for active ionic transport across the rabbit trophoblast2–5, perhaps in connexion with the accumulation of blastocoele fluid2,4.
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CROSS, M. Rabbit Blastocoele Perfusion Technique. Nature 232, 635–637 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232635a0
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