ReviewBiology of reproduction2023
Is human labor at term an inflammatory condition?†.
Review in Biology of reproduction, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Soluble P2X7 receptor (sP2X7R) as a marker of inflammation in pregnancy.Purinergic signalling · 2026Article
- Maternal Inflammation Likely Drives Impaired Immune Responses to Respiratory Syncytial Virus in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Retrospective-Prospective Observational Study of Serum Magnesium Level Dynamics and Their Correction in Physiological and Complicated Pregnancies.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2026Article
- Molecular and cellular morphology of placenta unveils new mechanisms of reproductive immunology.Journal of advanced research · 2025Article
- Improving the safety of N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) as a potential treatment for preterm birth in a pregnant mouse model using a vaginal nanoformulation.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease · 2025Article
- Quantitative and longitudinal assessment of human placental inflammation using diffusion basis spectrum imaging.npj women's health · 2025Article
- Plasma Cells as the Key Players of IVF Failure? Unlocking the Enigma of Infertility and In Vitro Fertilization Failure in the Light of Uterine Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Cell-free placental DNA: What do we really know?PLoS genetics · 2024Review
- Short term air pollution exposure during pregnancy and associations with maternal immune markers.Environmental research · 2024Article
- Impact of Genital Infections and Antibiotic Use on Incidence of Preterm Birth: A Retrospective Observational Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- SARS-CoV-2 anti-RBD and anti-N protein responses are differentially regulated between mother-child pairs: insight from a national study cohort at the Faroe Islands.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Evidence for the participation of CHCHD2/MNRR1, a mitochondrial protein, in spontaneous labor at term and in preterm labor with intra-amniotic infection.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2023Article
- Inflammatory markers are elevated in early pregnancy, but not late pregnancy, in women with overweight and obesity that later develop preeclampsia.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2023Article
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- Study Based on the Alliance Between Serum Magnesium Levels and Preterm Labor: An Inclusive Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Immunomodulatory role of decidual prolactin on the human fetal membranes and placenta.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Parturition at term in normal pregnancy follows a predictable sequence of events. There is some evidence that a state of inflammation prevails in the reproductive tissues during labor at term, but it is uncertain whether this phenomenon is the initiating signal for parturition. The absence of a clear temporal sequence of inflammatory events prior to labor casts doubt on the concept that normal human labor at term is primarily the result of an inflammatory cascade. This review examines evidence linking parturition and inflammation in order to address whether inflammation is a cause of labor, a consequence of labor, or a separate but related phenomenon. Finally, we identify and suggest ways to reconcile inconsistencies regarding definitions of labor onset in published research, which may contribute to the variability in conclusions regarding the genesis and maintenance of parturition. A more thorough understanding of the processes underlying normal parturition at term may lead to novel insights regarding abnormal labor, including spontaneous preterm labor, preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes, and dysfunctional labor, and the role of inflammation in each.
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