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ArticleNature communications2024

Scar matrix drives Piezo1 mediated stromal inflammation leading to placenta accreta spectrum.

Du Wenqiang, Ashkan Novin, Yamin Liu, Junaid Afzal, Yasir Suhail, Shaofei Liu, Nicole R Gavin, Jennifer R Jorgensen, Christopher M Morosky, Reinaldo Figueroa and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Piezo channels in tumors.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026
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  11. Pathophysiology and Management of Placenta Accreta Spectrum.Journal of developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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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

14 authors.

Du WenqiangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2605-4325
Ashkan NovinDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1018-9965
Yamin LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Junaid AfzalDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2877-234X
Yasir SuhailDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Shaofei LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Nicole R GavinDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Jennifer R JorgensenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Christopher M MoroskyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Reinaldo FigueroaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA.
Tannin A SchmidtDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Melinda SandersDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Molly A BrewerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
KshitizDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA. kshitiz@uchc.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4241-9427

Funding

Investigating the Role of Emergent Oscillations of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 alpha Activity in Cancer Growth and ProgressionR37CA248161 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI KSHITIZ, . · 2020 to 2025
$2.5M
Dysregulation of Endometrial Invasibility Proximal to Uterine Scar as a Mechanism of Placenta AccretaR01HD112424 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI Molly A. Brewer, . Kshitiz · 2024 to 2026
$1.5M
Mapping inter-cellular trophoblast-decidual signaling to its effects on invasion related maternal-fetal diseasesK99HD105973 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI SUHAIL, YASIR · 2022 to 2024
$311k
NCI NIH HHS R37 CA248161NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD105973NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD112424U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 1K99HD105973U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 1R01HD112424U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) 5R37CA248161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scar tissue formation is a hallmark of wound repair in adults and can chronically affect tissue architecture and function. To understand the general phenomena, we sought to explore scar-driven imbalance in tissue homeostasis caused by a common, and standardized surgical procedure, the uterine scar due to cesarean surgery. Deep uterine scar is associated with a rapidly increasing condition in pregnant women, placenta accreta spectrum (PAS), characterized by aggressive trophoblast invasion into the uterus, frequently necessitating hysterectomy at parturition. We created a model of uterine scar, recapitulating PAS-like invasive phenotype, showing that scar matrix activates mechanosensitive ion channel, Piezo1, through glycolysis-fueled cellular contraction. Piezo1 activation increases intracellular calcium activity and Protein kinase C activation, leading to NF-κB nuclear translocation, and MafG stabilization. This inflammatory transformation of decidua leads to production of IL-8 and G-CSF, chemotactically recruiting invading trophoblasts towards scar, initiating PAS. Our study demonstrates aberrant mechanics of scar disturbs stroma-epithelia homeostasis in placentation, with implications in cancer dissemination.

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CicatrixInflammationIon ChannelsPlacenta AccretaTrophoblastsAnimalsCesarean SectionDeciduaFemaleHumansInterleukin-8MiceNF-kappa BPregnancyProtein Kinase CUterusInterleukin-8Ion ChannelsNF-kappa BPIEZO1 protein, humanProtein Kinase C

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PMID39333481
PMCPMC11436960

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