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SynthesisInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

The Impact of Autoantibodies on IVF Treatment and Outcome: A Systematic Review.

Mara Simopoulou, Konstantinos Sfakianoudis, Evangelos Maziotis, Sokratis Grigoriadis, Polina Giannelou, Anna Rapani, Petroula Tsioulou, Agni Pantou, Theodoros Kalampokas, Nikolaos Vlahos and 2 more

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Synthesis in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Infertility and Auto-Antibodies: A Review.Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  13. Impact of thyroid autoimmunity and vitamin D onFrontiers in endocrinology · 2023
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  17. Thyroid autoimmunity and vitamin D: Effects onFrontiers in endocrinology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mara SimopoulouDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias, 11527 Athens, Greece. marasimopoulou@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1000-9100
Konstantinos SfakianoudisCentre for Human Reproduction, Genesis Athens Clinic, 14-16, Papanikoli, 15232 Athens, Greece. sfakianosc@yahoo.gr.
Evangelos MaziotisDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias, 11527 Athens, Greece. vagmaziotis@gmail.com.
Sokratis GrigoriadisDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias, 11527 Athens, Greece. sokratis-grigoriadis@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1861-8701
Polina GiannelouDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias, 11527 Athens, Greece. lina.giannelou@gmail.com.
Anna RapaniDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias, 11527 Athens, Greece. rapanianna@gmail.com.
Petroula TsioulouDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias, 11527 Athens, Greece. petroulatsi@yahoo.gr.
Agni PantouCentre for Human Reproduction, Genesis Athens Clinic, 14-16, Papanikoli, 15232 Athens, Greece. agnipantos@gmail.com.
Theodoros KalampokasAberdeen Maternity Hospital, Fertility Center-Assisted Reproduction Unit, Aberdeen AB25 2ZL, UK. t.kalampokas@abdn.ac.uk.
Nikolaos VlahosAssisted Conception Unit, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 76, Vasilisis Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, Greece. gynoffice04@gmail.com.
Konstantinos PantosCentre for Human Reproduction, Genesis Athens Clinic, 14-16, Papanikoli, 15232 Athens, Greece. info@pantos.gr.
Michael KoutsilierisDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias, 11527 Athens, Greece. mkoutsil@med.uoa.gr.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAberdeen Maternity Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of autoantibodies in in vitro fertilization (IVF) has been discussed for almost three decades. Nonetheless, studies are still scarce and widely controversial. The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive systematic review on the possible complications associated to autoantibodies (AA) impeding the chances of a successful IVF cycle. An Embase, PubMed/Medline and Cochrane Central Database search was performed on 1 December 2018, from 2006 until that date. From the 598 articles yielded in the search only 44 relevant articles ultimately fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were qualitatively analyzed. Five subsets of results were identified, namely, thyroid related AA, anti-phospholipid antibodies, anti-nuclear antibodies, AA affecting the reproductive system and AA related to celiac disease. It may be implied that the majority of auto-antibodies exert a statistically significant effect on miscarriage rates, whereas the effects on clinical pregnancy and live birth rates differ according to the type of auto-antibodies. While significant research is performed in the field, the quality of evidence provided is still low. The conduction of well-designed prospective cohort studies is an absolute necessity in order to define the impact of the different types of autoantibodies on IVF outcome.

Indexed as

Fertilization in VitroAntibodies, AntinuclearAntibodies, AntiphospholipidAntibody SpecificityAutoantibodiesAutoimmune DiseasesCeliac DiseaseFemaleHumansInfertilityPregnancyThyroid GlandTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, AntinuclearAntibodies, AntiphospholipidAutoantibodiesassisted reproductionauto-antibodiesautoimmune disordersin vitro fertilization

Identifiers

PMID30791371
PMCPMC6412530
OpenAlexW2913799187

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