Reproduction Abstracts

Introduction: The human placenta continuously extrudes, into the maternal circulation, vast quantities of extracellular vesicles (EVs) which have the ability to alter maternal physiology. There are three sizes of placental EVs multinucleated macro-EVs, subcellular micro- and nano- EVs. Macro-EVs are trapped in the maternal lungs due to their large size. We investigated the organs with which micro- and nano- EVs interact in vivo and their potential effects EVs on vascular funct...