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ReviewClinical science (London, England : 1979)2012

Pre-eclampsia and offspring cardiovascular health: mechanistic insights from experimental studies.

Esther F Davis, Laura Newton, Adam J Lewandowski, Merzaka Lazdam, Brenda A Kelly, Theodosios Kyriakou, Paul Leeson

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Review in Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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90citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
13.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Esther F DavisOxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Laura Newton
Adam J Lewandowski
Merzaka Lazdam
Brenda A Kelly
Theodosios Kyriakou
Paul Leeson
University of Oxford · GBCentre for Human Genetics · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/06/024British Heart Foundation FS/11/65/28865
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pre-eclampsia is increasingly recognized as more than an isolated disease of pregnancy. Women who have had a pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia have a 4-fold increased risk of later cardiovascular disease. Intriguingly, the offspring of affected pregnancies also have an increased risk of higher blood pressure and almost double the risk of stroke in later life. Experimental approaches to identify the key features of pre-eclampsia responsible for this programming of offspring cardiovascular health, or the key biological pathways modified in the offspring, have the potential to highlight novel targets for early primary prevention strategies. As pre-eclampsia occurs in 2-5% of all pregnancies, the findings are relevant to the current healthcare of up to 3 million people in the U.K. and 15 million people in the U.S.A. In the present paper, we review the current literature that concerns potential mechanisms for adverse cardiovascular programming in offspring exposed to pre-eclampsia, considering two major areas of investigation: first, experimental models that mimic features of the in utero environment characteristic of pre-eclampsia, and secondly, how, in humans, offspring cardiovascular phenotype is altered after exposure to pre-eclampsia. We compare and contrast the findings from these two bodies of work to develop insights into the likely key pathways of relevance. The present review and analysis highlights the pivotal role of long-term changes in vascular function and identifies areas of growing interest, specifically, response to hypoxia, immune modification, epigenetics and the anti-angiogenic in utero milieu.

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AnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesDisease SusceptibilityEndothelium, VascularFemaleHumansHypoxiaInflammationPre-EclampsiaPregnancyRatsSex CharacteristicsUterusVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID22455350
PMCPMC3315178
OpenAlexW1966628626

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