ReviewThe Journal of endocrinology2018
Trophoblast lineage specification, differentiation and their regulation by oxygen tension.
Review in The Journal of endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Who cites it
96 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 171 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Macrophages in Oocyte Donation Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Large-Pore Channels at the Maternal-Fetal Interface: Progress and Open Research Avenues.Biology · 2026Review
- Regulation of PDGF-BB signaling in placental pericytes by soluble PDGFRβ isoforms: implications for fetoplacental vascular development.Angiogenesis · 2026Article
- Nanomedicine-Mediated Autophagy Modulation in Placental Impairment Versus Cancers: A Narrative Review.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Single-cell transcriptomics reveals differences between chorionic and basal plate cytotrophoblasts and 2D-cultured trophoblast stem cells.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Review
- Defective O-fucosylation of EDIL3 attenuates invasion and vascular remodeling of trophoblasts via LIFR signaling pathway in preeclampsia.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Maternal opioid use and hepatitis C infection disrupt the placental immune landscape and structure.JCI insight · 2026Article
- Advantages, limitations, and innovative considerations for established and emerging models of human placental syncytiotrophoblast.Human reproduction update · 2026Review
- Metabolic control of feto-placental development and pregnancy outcomes.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2026Review
- Insights into the maternal-fetal interface from spatial multi-omics.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Trophoblast-derived proteins and their effects on the pathogenesis of preeclampsia.Histology and histopathology · 2026Review
- Dimethyl fumarate therapy in a Western diet pregnancy model: a pilot study in guinea pigs.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Trophoblast adaptation to hypoxia: balance and dysfunction.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Review
- Biologically Inspired Digital Histology for Deep Phenotyping of Placental Composition Changes Across Major Lesion Types.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Human placentation: foundations and implications for reproductive endocrinology and infertility.Systems biology in reproductive medicine · 2025Review
- Maternal opioid use with and without hepatitis C infection disrupts the structure and immune landscape of the maternal-fetal interface.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Hypoxia and loss of GCM1 expression prevent differentiation and contact inhibition in human trophoblast stem cells.Stem cell reports · 2025Article
- βMedicinal research reviews · 2025Review
- In vitro differentiation of macaque extravillous trophoblasts in a low oxygen environment.Placenta · 2025Article
36 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Development of the early embryo takes place under low oxygen tension. Under such conditions, the embryo implants and the trophectoderm, the outer layer of blastocyst, proliferate, forming the cytotrophoblastic shell, the early placenta. The cytotrophoblasts (CTBs) are the so-called epithelial 'stem cells' of the placenta, which, depending on the signals they receive, can differentiate into either extravillous trophoblast (EVT) or syncytiotrophoblast (STB). EVTs anchor the placenta to the uterine wall and remodel maternal spiral arterioles in order to provide ample blood supply to the growing fetus. STBs arise through CTB fusion, secrete hormones necessary for pregnancy maintenance and form a barrier across which nutrient and gas exchange can take place. The bulk of EVT differentiation occurs during the first trimester, before the onset of maternal arterial blood flow into the intervillous space of the placenta, and thus under low oxygen tension. These conditions affect numerous signaling pathways, including those acting through hypoxia-inducible factor, the nutrient sensor mTOR and the endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced unfolded protein response pathway. These pathways are known to be involved in placental development and disease, and specific components have even been identified as directly involved in lineage-specific trophoblast differentiation. Nevertheless, much controversy surrounds the role of hypoxia in trophoblast differentiation, particularly with EVT. This review summarizes previous studies on this topic, with the intent of integrating these results and synthesizing conclusions that resolve some of the controversy, but then also pointing to remaining areas, which require further investigation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.