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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Role of Human Leukocyte Antigens at the Feto-Maternal Interface in Normal and Pathological Pregnancy: An Update.

Chiara Tersigni, Federica Meli, Caterina Neri, Azzurra Iacoangeli, Rita Franco, Antonio Lanzone, Giovanni Scambia, Nicoletta Di Simone

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara TersigniDipartimento di Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, U.O.C. di Ostetricia e Patologia Ostetrica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1590-3942
Federica MeliFacoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia A. A Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Caterina NeriDipartimento di Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, U.O.C. di Ostetricia e Patologia Ostetrica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Azzurra IacoangeliFacoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia A. A Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Rita FrancoFacoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia A. A Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Antonio LanzoneDipartimento di Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, U.O.C. di Ostetricia e Patologia Ostetrica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Giovanni ScambiaFacoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia A. A Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Nicoletta Di SimoneDipartimento di Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, U.O.C. di Ostetricia e Patologia Ostetrica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The successful maternal tolerance of the semi-allogeneic fetus provides an apparent immunologic paradox. Indeed, deep invasion of placental trophoblast cells into maternal uterine tissue and the following growth of the fetus have to be tolerated by a pregnant woman's immune system. Among the various possible protective mechanisms that may be involved in human pregnancy, the expression of a non-classical pattern of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules and the complete lack of expression of HLA class II molecules in placental tissues seem to be the most relevant mechanisms of fetal escape from maternal immune recognition. The importance of HLA molecules in fetal toleration by the maternal immune system is highlighted by pregnancy complications occurring in cases of abnormal HLA molecule expression at the maternal-fetal interface. In this review, we summarize evidences about the role of placental HLA molecules in normal and pathological pregnancies.

Indexed as

AnimalsFemaleFetusHLA AntigensHumansImmune ToleranceMaternal-Fetal ExchangePlacentaPregnancyTrophoblastsHLA AntigensHuman Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)maternal–fetal interfacepre-eclampsia.pregnancysyncytiotrophoblast

Identifiers

PMID32635423
PMCPMC7370064
OpenAlexW3039289418

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