Commentary Open Access
Volume 4 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/immunol.4.035
Insights into placental cell senescence in pregnancy, preeclampsia, and peripartum cardiomyopathy
Claire Castro1,2, Kathryn J Gray3, Jason D Roh1,2,*
- 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- 2Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- 3Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
Corresponding Author
Jason D Roh, JROH@MGH.HARVARD.EDU
Received Date: February 22, 2025
Accepted Date: April 07, 2025
Castro C, Gray KJ, Roh JD. Insights into placental cell senescence in pregnancy, preeclampsia, and peripartum cardiomyopathy. J Cell Mol Immunol. 2025;4(1):14-18.
Copyright: © 2025 Castro C, et al. 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.
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