Placental histocultures and infection were carried out as described [25 (link),37 (link)] on first trimester placentas (4 placentas; mean = 13.11 ± 0.49 (SEM) weeks of amenorrhea, i.e., 11.11 ± 0.49 weeks of pregnancy; age of the women: mean = 23 ± 1.5 (SEM) year-old). Briefly, trophoblastic villi were dissected in small explants and infected or not by hCMV overnight before extensive washing and deposition on gelatin sponges (Gelfoam, Pfizer, New York, NY, USA) in Exofree medium. Conditioned medium was collected and renewed every 3 to 4 days. At 14 days of culture, collected medium was pooled for each condition and used to perform sEV preparation. Placental explants were weighed for normalization of resuspension volume.
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