Recent Progress in Human Placental Transcriptomics

The placenta serves as a metabolic, respiratory, excretory, and endocrine organ that provides appropriate conditions required for adequate feta/ development during pregnancy. The development of particular structures and proper functioning of the placenta are under the influence of sophisticated pathways controlled by the eexpression of substantial genes that are additionally regulated by long non-coding ribonucleic acids (RNAs). Disruptions to adaptive changes in the placenta/ transcriptome as a response to alterations in the feto-matema/ environment may be associated with pregnancy complications and compromised feta/ outcomes. The aim of the current paper was to present recent findings in transcriptomics of the human placenta. Different approaches in bioinformatic analyses of the RNA-sequencing results were presented. Novel knowledge about the genes and mechanisms that are crucial for the proper development of the placenta is essential for the understanding what stands behind both the norma/ and complicated pregnancy.