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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2017

Programmed Fetal Membrane Senescence and Exosome-Mediated Signaling: A Mechanism Associated With Timing of Human Parturition.

Ramkumar Menon, Sam Mesiano, Robert N Taylor

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Heat-Induced Pathophysiological and Metabolic Changes at the Feto-Maternal Interface Predisposing to Preterm Birth.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  5. Exposure to Extreme Heat Increases Preterm Birth Risk: Hypothetical Pathophysiological Mechanisms.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  11. Role of Inflammaging on the Reproductive Function and Pregnancy.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2023
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  12. Amnion-derived serum amyloid A1 participates in sterile inflammation of fetal membranes at parturition.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023
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  14. COVID-19 in pregnancy: possible mechanisms not to be discounted.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2022
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  15. Organ-on-a-chip for perinatal biology experiments.Placenta and reproductive medicine · 2022
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  17. Differences in cord blood extracellular vesicle cargo in preterm and term births.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2022
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ramkumar MenonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.
Sam MesianoDepartment of Reproductive Biology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Robert N TaylorDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Case Western Reserve University · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Fetal Cell Senescence Signals Initiation of ParturitionR01HD084532 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI MENON, RAMKUMAR · 2016 to 2020
$695k
Diversity & racial disparity in fetal membrane cytokine signature during infectioR03HD067446 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI MENON, RAMKUMAR · 2011 to 2012
$169k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD084532NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD067446
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human parturition is an inflammatory process that involves both fetal and maternal compartments. The precise immune cell interactions have not been well delineated in human uterine tissues during parturition, but insights into human labor initiation have been informed by studies in animal models. Unfortunately, the timing of parturition relative to fetal maturation varies among viviparous species-indicative of different phylogenetic clocks and alarms-but what is clear is that important common pathways must converge to control the birth process. Herein, we hypothesize a novel signaling mechanism initiated by human fetal membrane aging and senescence-associated inflammation. Programmed events of fetal membrane aging coincide with fetal growth and organ maturation. Mechanistically, senescence involves in telomere shortening and activation of p38 mitogen-activated signaling kinase resulting in aging-associated phenotypic transition. Senescent tissues release inflammatory signals that are propagated

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agingbiomarkerexosomesfetal membranesfetal signalsmicrovesiclesp38MAPKparturition

Identifiers

PMID28861041
PMCPMC5562683
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