IFPA meeting 2018 workshop report II: Abnormally invasive placenta; inflammation and infection; preeclampsia; gestational trophoblastic disease and drug delivery

• Published in: Placenta (Eastbourne) Vol. 84; pp. 9 - 13
• Main Authors: Albrecht, Christiane, Chamley, Larry, Charnock-Jones, D. Stephen, Collins, Sally, Fujiwara, Hiroshi, Golos, Thaddeus, Grayo, Solene, Hannan, Natalie, Harris, Lynda, Ichizuka, Kiyotake, Illsley, Nicholas P., Iwashita, Mitsutoshi, Kallol, Sampada, Al-Khan, Abdulla, Lash, Gendie, Nagamatsu, Takeshi, Nakashima, Akitoshi, Niimi, Kaoru, Nomoto, Masataka, Redman, Christopher, Saito, Shigeru, Tanimura, Kenji, Tomi, Masatoshi, Usui, Hirokazu, Vatish, Manu, Wolfe, Bryce, Yamamoto, Eiko, O'Tierney-Ginn, Perrie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Abnormally invasive placenta; Animals; Biomedical Research - organization & administration; Biomedical Research - trends; Drug delivery; Drug Delivery Systems - methods; Education - organization & administration; Education - standards; Female; Gestational trophoblastic disease; Gestational Trophoblastic Disease - drug therapy; Gestational Trophoblastic Disease - etiology; Gestational Trophoblastic Disease - pathology; Gynecology - organization & administration; Gynecology - standards; Gynecology - trends; History, 21st Century; Humans; Infection; Inflammation - drug therapy; Inflammation - etiology; Inflammation - pathology; Japan; Obstetrics - organization & administration; Obstetrics - standards; Obstetrics - trends; Placenta - drug effects; Placenta - metabolism; Placenta Diseases - drug therapy; Placenta Diseases - etiology; Placenta Diseases - pathology; Pre-Eclampsia - drug therapy; Pre-Eclampsia - etiology; Pre-Eclampsia - pathology; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - drug therapy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - etiology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - pathology; Societies, Medical - organization & administration; Japan; Infection; Drug delivery; Preeclampsia; Abnormally invasive placenta; Gestational trophoblastic disease
• ISSN: 0143-4004; 1532-3102
• DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2019.02.006

Workshops are an important part of the IFPA annual meeting as they allow for discussion of specialized topics. At IFPA meeting 2018 there were nine themed workshops, five of which are summarised in this report. These workshops discussed new perspectives and knowledge in the following areas of research: 1) preeclampsia; 2) abnormally invasive placenta; 3) placental infection; 4) gestational trophoblastic disease; 4) drug delivery to treat placental dysfunction. •Preeclampsia is secondary to trophoblast factors shed into the maternal circulation.•No single imaging sign has been demonstrated to be diagnostic of abnormally invasive placenta.•Timing of infection during pregnancy may be critical for impacting pregnancy outcomes.