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ReviewImmunology2021

Neutrophils in pregnancy: New insights into innate and adaptive immune regulation.

Serena Bert, Eleanor J Ward, Suchita Nadkarni

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Review in Immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. MMP8 Promotes NETosis in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  9. Neutrophils at the Maternal-Fetal Interface: Agents of Protection or Destruction?American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2025
    Review
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  11. Single-cell-level digital twins for preterm birth prevention strategies.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  12. Revealing the Complexity of Immunobiological Shifts From Non-Pregnant to Pregnant State.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2025
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  18. Innate Immune Mechanisms in Normal and Adverse Pregnancy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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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.

Serena BertWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University, London, UK.
Eleanor J WardWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University, London, UK.
Suchita NadkarniWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4549-3983
Queen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/17/1/32528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immunology of pregnancy has been the focus of many studies to better understand how the mother is able to tolerate the presence of a semi-allogeneic fetus. Far from the initial view of pregnancy as a state of immunosuppression, successful fetal development from implantation to birth is now known to be under the control of an intricate balance of immune cells. The balance between pro-inflammatory functions used to promote embryo implantation and placental development and immunosuppressive activity to maintain maternal tolerance of the fetus is an immunological phenotype unique to pregnancy, which is dependent on the time of gestation. Neutrophils are one of a host of innate immune cells detected at the maternal-fetal interface, but very little is known of their function. In this review, we explore the emerging functions of neutrophils during pregnancy and their interactions with and regulation of T cells, a key adaptive immune cell population essential for the establishment of fetal-maternal tolerance.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityImmune ToleranceImmunity, InnateAnimalsCell CommunicationFemaleFetal DevelopmentHumansImmunomodulationMaternal-Fetal ExchangeNeutrophilsPhenotypePlacentaPregnancyT-LymphocytesneutrophilspregnancyT cells

Identifiers

PMID34287859
PMCPMC8561097
OpenAlexW3185822375

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