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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2019

Progesterone-Related Immune Modulation of Pregnancy and Labor.

Nishel M Shah, Pei F Lai, Nesrina Imami, Mark R Johnson

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
105citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 203 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Immunomodulatory Role of Natural Progesterone in Pregnancy: A Review.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2026
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45 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nishel M ShahDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Pei F LaiDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Nesrina ImamiDepartment of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Mark R JohnsonDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital · GBImperial College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0501957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pregnancy involves a complex interplay between maternal neuroendocrine and immunological systems in order to establish and sustain a growing fetus. It is thought that the uterus at pregnancy transitions from quiescent to laboring state in response to interactions between maternal and fetal systems at least partly

Indexed as

immune modulationimmune responsePIBFpregnancyprogesterone

Identifiers

PMID30984115
PMCPMC6449726
OpenAlexW2928102535

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Registered trials

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