Research ArticlePHYSIOLOGY
Physical and geometric determinants of transport in fetoplacental microvascular networks
- Alexander Erlich1,*,
- Philip Pearce2,*,
- Romina Plitman Mayo3,4,
- Oliver E. Jensen1 and
- Igor L. Chernyavsky1,5,†
- 1School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
- 2Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.
- 3Centre for Trophoblast Research, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
- 4Homerton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 8PH, UK.
- 5Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: igor.chernyavsky{at}manchester.ac.uk
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Advances 17 Apr 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 4, eaav6326
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav6326
Vol. 5, no. 4, eaav6326
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav6326
Alexander Erlich
School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Philip Pearce
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.
Romina Plitman Mayo
Centre for Trophoblast Research, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.Homerton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 8PH, UK.
Oliver E. Jensen
School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Igor L. Chernyavsky
School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
