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ReviewNutrients2015

Placental adaptations in growth restriction.

Song Zhang, Timothy R H Regnault, Paige L Barker, Kimberley J Botting, Isabella C McMillen, Christine M McMillan, Claire T Roberts, Janna L Morrison

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02738463 (Role of Maternal Serum Ferritin in the Prediction of Low Neonatal Birth Weight), which is not on this map. Cited by 101 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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101citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
51.7field-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.

NCT02738463 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Role of Maternal Serum Ferritin in the Prediction of Low Neonatal Birth Weight

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorAin Shams Maternity HospitalRan2016 to 2016Enrolled64ConditionsIUGR
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

101 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 267 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Song ZhangEarly Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. song.zhang@unisa.edu.au.
Timothy R H RegnaultDepartments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada. tim.regnault@uwo.ca.
Paige L BarkerEarly Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. barpl002@mymail.unisa.edu.au.
Kimberley J BottingEarly Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. kb555@cam.ac.uk.
Isabella C McMillenEarly Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. caroline.mcMillen@newcastle.edu.au.
Christine M McMillanEarly Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. mcmcm003@mymail.unisa.edu.au.
Claire T RobertsThe Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia. claire.roberts@adelaide.edu.au.
Janna L MorrisonEarly Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. janna.morrison@unisa.edu.au.
University of South Australia · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUWestern University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The placenta is the primary interface between the fetus and mother and plays an important role in maintaining fetal development and growth by facilitating the transfer of substrates and participating in modulating the maternal immune response to prevent immunological rejection of the conceptus. The major substrates required for fetal growth include oxygen, glucose, amino acids and fatty acids, and their transport processes depend on morphological characteristics of the placenta, such as placental size, morphology, blood flow and vascularity. Other factors including insulin-like growth factors, apoptosis, autophagy and glucocorticoid exposure also affect placental growth and substrate transport capacity. Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is often a consequence of insufficiency, and is associated with a high incidence of perinatal morbidity and mortality, as well as increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in later life. Several different experimental methods have been used to induce placental insufficiency and IUGR in animal models and a range of factors that regulate placental growth and substrate transport capacity have been demonstrated. While no model system completely recapitulates human IUGR, these animal models allow us to carefully dissect cellular and molecular mechanisms to improve our understanding and facilitate development of therapeutic interventions.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalFetal Growth RetardationAmino AcidsAnimalsBiological TransportFatty AcidsFemaleFetal DevelopmentGlucoseHumansModels, AnimalModels, BiologicalPlacentaPregnancyAmino AcidsFatty AcidsGlucose

Identifiers

PMID25580812
PMCPMC4303845
OpenAlexW2002917015

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