since the mural trophoblast cells are the first to adhere to the uterine luminal epithelium during the onset of implantation and subsequently invade the uterine stroma , we suggest that the apparent downregulation of cell-cam 105 in the mural trophoblast cells might be linked to the acquisition of trophoblast invasiveness .
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epithelium
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trophoblast cells