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ReviewImmunological reviews2022

Fetal inflammatory response at the fetomaternal interface: A requirement for labor at term and preterm.

Ramkumar Menon

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ramkumar MenonDivision of Basic Science and Translational Research, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9213-6105
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Intercellular interactions define cell migrations and transitions that maintain fetal membrane homeostasisR01HD100729 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI HAN, ARUM, MENON, RAMKUMAR · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD100729
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human parturition at term and preterm is an inflammatory process synchronously executed by both fetomaternal tissues to transition them from a quiescent state t an active state of labor to ensure delivery. The initiators of the inflammatory signaling mechanism can be both maternal and fetal. The placental (fetal)-maternal immune and endocrine mediated homeostatic imbalances and inflammation are well reported. However, the fetal inflammatory response (FIR) theories initiated by the fetal membranes (amniochorion) at the choriodecidual interface are not well established. Although immune cell migration, activation, and production of proparturition cytokines to the fetal membranes are reported, cellular level events that can generate a unique set of inflammation are not well discussed. This review discusses derangements to fetal membrane cells (physiologically and pathologically at term and preterm, respectively) in response to both endogenous and exogenous factors to generate inflammatory signals. In addition, the mechanisms of inflammatory signal propagation (fetal signaling of parturition) and how these signals cause immune imbalances at the choriodecidual interface are discussed. In addition to maternal inflammation, this review projects FIR as an additional mediator of inflammatory overload required to promote parturition.

Indexed as

Labor, ObstetricPlacentaExtraembryonic MembranesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInflammationParturitionPregnancyagingamniochorionchoriodeciduaEMTexosomesinflammationpremature rupture of the membranespreterm birthsenescencesignaling

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PMID35285967
PMCPMC9188997
OpenAlexW4220739411

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