title: IFPA meeting 2014 workshop report: Animal models to study pregnancy pathologies; new approaches to study human placental exposure to xenobiotics; biomarkers of pregnancy pathologies; placental genetics and epigenetics; the placenta and stillbirth and fetal growth restriction.
abstract: Workshops are an important part of the IFPA annual meeting as they allow for discussion of specialized topics. At IFPA meeting 2014 there were six themed workshops, five of which are summarized in this report. These workshops related to various aspects of placental biology but collectively covered areas of animal models, xenobiotics, pathological biomarkers, genetics and epigenetics, and stillbirth and fetal growth restriction.
authors.affiliation: Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbaux
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J J H M
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Erwich
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: P O
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authors.lastname: Favaron
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
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authors.lastname: Gil
authors.affiliation: CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Pôle Gynéco-Obstétrique-Reproduction Humaine, CHU Estaing, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Université d'Auvergne, Faculté de Médecine, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: D
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authors.lastname: Gallot
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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authors.initials: TG
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authors.affiliation: Comparative Physiology Laboratory, INIA, Madrid, Spain.
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authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Bulnes
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, INSERM - Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guibourdenche
authors.affiliation: Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; St. Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: A E P
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Heazell
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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authors.lastname: Jansson
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
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authors.lastname: Laprévote
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Imprinting and Cancer Group, Cancer Epigenetic and Biology Program, Institut d'Investigació Biomedica de Bellvitge, Hospital Duran i Reynals, Barcelona, Spain.
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authors.lastname: Monk
authors.affiliation: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Novakovic
authors.affiliation: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oudejans
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parast
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR1198 Developmental Biology and Reproduction, Jouy en Josas, France.
authors.forename: P
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authors.lastname: Peugnet
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Pfarrer
authors.affiliation: WIH, Division of Perinatal Pathology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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authors.lastname: Pinar
authors.affiliation: Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
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authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Canada; Child & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saffery
authors.affiliation: University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Centre for Clinical Diagnostics, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.affiliation: Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), Seattle Children's, WA, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sexton
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Staff
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suter
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR1198 Developmental Biology and Reproduction, Jouy en Josas, France; Fondation PremUp, Paris, France.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarrade
authors.affiliation: Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.affiliation: INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier and BioMed Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vaillancourt
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, INSERM - Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vaiman
authors.affiliation: Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; St. Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Worton
authors.affiliation: Reproductive and Vascular Biology Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Electronic address: gendie.lash@ncl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lash
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018811:Maternal Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D050497:Stillbirth; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D015262:Xenobiotics
keywords: Animal models; Biomarkers; Epigenetics; Fetal growth restriction; Placenta; Stillbirth; Trophoblast; Xenobiotics