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Hofbauer cells are oval cells found in the placenta, within the core of the chorionic villous. They are believed to be a type of macrophage^[1]^[2] and are most likely involved in preventing the transmission of pathogens from the mother to the foetus (so-called vertical transmission).

Under histology sections, Hofbauer cells appeared with discernible amount of cytoplasm.

Notes

^ Wood GW. (1980) Mononuclear phagocytes in the human placenta. Placenta. 1(2):113-23
^ Zaccheo D. Pistoia V. Castellucci M. Martinoli C. (1989) Isolation and characterization of Hofbauer cells from human placental villi. Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 246(4):189-200

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