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Modulation of Placental Gene Expression in Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants.

Jessica L O'Callaghan, Vicki L Clifton, Peter Prentis, Adam Ewing, Yvette D Miller, Elise S Pelzer

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Review in Genes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Insights into Reproductive Immunology and Placental Pathology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  8. Extensive Placental Methylation Profiling in Normal Pregnancies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jessica L O'CallaghanSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia.
Vicki L CliftonMater Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4101, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4892-6748
Peter PrentisSchool of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6587-8875
Adam EwingMater Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4101, Queensland, Australia.
Yvette D MillerSchool of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4059, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5393-7142
Elise S PelzerSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4001, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants are fetuses that have not reached their genetically programmed growth potential. Low birth weight predisposes these infants to an increased risk of developing cardiovascular, metabolic and neurodevelopmental conditions in later life. However, our understanding of how this pathology occurs is currently incomplete. Previous research has focused on understanding the transcriptome, epigenome and bacterial signatures separately. However, we hypothesise that interactions between moderators of gene expression are critical to understanding fetal growth restriction. Through a review of the current literature, we identify that there is evidence of modulated expression/methylation of the placental genome and the presence of bacterial DNA in the placental tissue of SGA infants. We also identify that despite limited evidence of the interactions between the above results, there are promising suggestions of a relationship between bacterial signatures and placental function. This review aims to summarise the current literature concerning fetal growth from multiple avenues and propose a novel relationship between the placental transcriptome, methylome and bacterial signature that, if characterised, may be able to improve our current understanding of the placental response to stress and the aetiology of growth restriction.

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DNA MethylationFemaleFetal DevelopmentFetal Growth RetardationGene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, Small for Gestational AgeMaleMicrobiotaPlacentaPlacentationPregnancybacterial signaturesgene regulationplacentaSGA

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PMID31936801
PMCPMC7017208

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