ArticlemSphere2020
No Consistent Evidence for Microbiota in Murine Placental and Fetal Tissues.
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Article in mSphere, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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35citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A systematic review of the factors influencing microbial colonization of the preterm infant gut.Gut microbesPooled it
- Therapeutic strategies for hypertension: exploring the role of microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids in kidney physiology and development.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Review
- Interactions of the maternal microbiome with diet, stress, and infection influence fetal development.The FEBS journal · 2025Review
- The Vaginal Microbiome of Mares on the Post-Foaling Day Under Field Conditions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Gestational diabetes augments group B Streptococcus infection by disrupting maternal immunity and the vaginal microbiota.Nature communications · 2024Article
- The dogma of the sterile uterus revisited: does microbial seeding occur during fetal life in humans and animals?Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2024Review
- The maternal gut microbiome in pregnancy: implications for the developing immune system.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024Review
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- Determinants of microbial colonization in the premature gut.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Review
- Challenging the Hypothesis of in Utero Microbiota Acquisition in Healthy Canine and Feline Pregnancies at Term: Preliminary Data.Veterinary sciences · 2023Article
- Human Gut Microbiota Plasticity throughout the Life Course.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Amplification of microbial DNA from bacterial extracellular vesicles from human placenta.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Assessment of the human placental microbiome in early pregnancy.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Microbiota of the Pregnant Mouse: Characterization of the Bacterial Communities in the Oral Cavity, Lung, Intestine, and Vagina through Culture and DNA Sequencing.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Immune landscape of human placental villi using single-cell analysis.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2022Article
- Maternal-fetal immune responses in pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Maternal and early life exposures and their potential to influence development of the microbiome.Genome medicine · 2022Review
- Microorganisms in the reproductive system and probiotic's regulatory effects on reproductive health.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2022Review
- Does the Amniotic Fluid of Mice Contain a Viable Microbiota?Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Kevin R TheisDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA ktheis@med.wayne.edu prbchiefstaff@med.wayne.edu ngomezlo@med.wayne.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8690-7599
Roberto RomeroPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, USA ktheis@med.wayne.edu prbchiefstaff@med.wayne.edu ngomezlo@med.wayne.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4448-5121
Jonathan M GreenbergDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Andrew D WintersDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Valeria Garcia-FloresPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Kenichiro MotomuraPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Madison M AhmadDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Jose GalazPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Marcia Arenas-HernandezPerinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Nardhy Gomez-LopezDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA ktheis@med.wayne.edu prbchiefstaff@med.wayne.edu ngomezlo@med.wayne.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3406-5262
National Institutes of Health · USWayne State University · US
Funding
The Role Of Subclinical Infection And Cytokines In Preterm ParturitionZIAHD002400 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI ROMERO, ROBERTO · 2009 to 2025
$254.4MNICHD NIH HHS HHSN275201300006C
Abstract
The existence of a placental microbiota and
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