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ReviewTheriogenology2020

Extracellular vesicles: Novel regulators of conceptus-uterine interactions?

Eleanore V O'Neil, Gregory W Burns, Thomas E Spencer

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Review in Theriogenology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Establishment and Maintenance of Feline Pregnancy-A Comprehensive Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  16. Epigenetics of pregnancy: looking beyond the DNA code.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2022
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  18. Extracellular vesicles in reproduction and pregnancy.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2022
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  19. Extracellular vesicles in spontaneous preterm birth.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2021
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eleanore V O'NeilDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65203, USA.
Gregory W BurnsDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65203, USA.
Thomas E SpencerDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65203, USA. Electronic address: spencerte@missouri.edu.
University of Missouri · US

Funding

Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Training Program - T32T32HD087166 · NICHD · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Ronald L Chandler, Keith E Latham · 2016 to 2026
$2.5M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD087166
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review focuses on extracellular vesicles (EV) in the uterus and their potential biological roles as mediators of conceptus-uterine interactions essential for implantation and pregnancy establishment. Growing evidence supports the idea that EV are produced by both the endometrium and conceptus during pregnancy. Exosomes and microvesicles, collectively termed EV, mediate cell-cell communication in other tissues and organs. EV have distinct cargo, including lipids, proteins, RNAs, and DNA, that vary depending on the cell of origin and regulate processes including angiogenesis, adhesion, proliferation, cell survival, inflammation, and immune response in recipient cells. Molecular crosstalk between the endometrial epithelium and the blastocyst/conceptus, particularly the trophectoderm, regulates early pregnancy events and is a prerequisite for successful implantation. Trafficking of EV between the conceptus and endometrium may represent a key form of communication important for pregnancy establishment. Increased understanding of EV in the uterine environment and their physiological roles in endometrial-conceptus interactions is expected to provide opportunities to improve pregnancy success.

Indexed as

AnimalsEmbryo ImplantationEmbryo, MammalianExtracellular VesiclesFemalePregnancyUterusConceptusExtracellular vesiclePregnancyUterus

Identifiers

PMID32164992
PMCPMC8559595
OpenAlexW3008866317

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