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ReviewSeminars in reproductive medicine2011

The intrauterine growth restriction phenotype: fetal adaptations and potential implications for later life insulin resistance and diabetes.

Stephanie R Thorn, Paul J Rozance, Laura D Brown, William W Hay

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Review in Seminars in reproductive medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 148 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephanie R ThornUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Paul J Rozance
Laura D Brown
William W Hay
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

UCHSC: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's HealthK12HD057022 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI REGENSTEINER, JUDITH G., SANTORO, NANETTE F. · 2007 to 2023
$8.5M
TISSUE SPECIFIC REGULATION OF GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND INSULIN ACTION IN IUGR FETUSK01DK090199 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI WESOLOWSKI, STEPHANIE R · 2010 to 2014
$707k
Pancreatic beta-cell endothelial cell function and signaling in intrauterine growK08HD060688 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ROZANCE, PAUL JOSEPH · 2009 to 2013
$591k
NICHD NIH HHS K08 HD060688NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD057022NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK090199
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intrauterine growth restricted (IUGR) fetus develops unique metabolic adaptations in response to exposure to reduced nutrient supply. These adaptations provide survival value for the fetus by enhancing the capacity of the fetus to take up and use nutrients, thereby reducing the need for nutrient supply. Each organ and tissue in the fetus adapts differently, with the brain showing the greatest capacity for maintaining nutrient supply and growth. Such adaptations, if persistent, also have the potential in later life to promote nutrient uptake and storage, which directly lead to complications of obesity, insulin resistance, reduced insulin production, and type 2 diabetes.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalFetal DevelopmentInsulin ResistancePrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAdultAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFetal Growth RetardationHumansMaleObesityPregnancy

Identifiers

PMID21710398
PMCPMC3216466
OpenAlexW2059299661

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