Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18032074›Full record

ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2008

Interferons and the maternal-conceptus dialog in mammals.

R Michael Roberts, Yizhen Chen, Toshihiko Ezashi, Angela M Walker

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Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Maternal metabolism influences neural tube closure.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2023
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  18. International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  19. Extracellular Vesicles Mediated Early Embryo-Maternal Interactions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  20. Dynamics of trophoblast differentiation in peri-implantation-stage human embryos.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R Michael RobertsDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. robertsrm@missouri.edu
Yizhen Chen
Toshihiko Ezashi
Angela M Walker
University of Missouri · US

Funding

INTERACTION BETWEEN BLASTOCYST AND UTERINE ENDOMETRIUMR01HD021896 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI ROBERTS, R. MICHAEL · 1986 to 2010
$2.8M
INTERACTION BETWEEN BLASTOCYST AND UTERINE ENDOMETRIUMR37HD021896 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI ROBERTS, ROBERT MICHAEL · 1990 to 1999
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NICHD NIH HHS HD 21896NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD021896NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD021896
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two-way communication between the conceptus and the mother during early pregnancy is essential if the pregnancy is to survive. In this review, our primary focus is on biochemical communication between the conceptus and mother in the ruminant ungulate species. We emphasize, in particular, the role played by interferon-tau (IFNT) in triggering maternal responses in cattle and sheep and how maternal factors intervene to up-regulate IFNT gene (IFNT) expression in trophoblast. However, we also consider the possibility that different signaling cytokines or the physical presence of trophoblast may induce a partial IFN response in endometrium of those species where there is no evidence for large scale trophoblast IFN production. Conceivably, disparate signaling mechanisms trigger common downstream events necessary to secure a successful pregnancy.

Indexed as

Maternal-Fetal RelationsAnimalsCell CommunicationEmbryo ImplantationEndometriumFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansInterferonsInterferon Type IMammalsPregnancyPregnancy ProteinsRodentiaRuminantsSignal TransductionInterferonsinterferon tauInterferon Type IPregnancy Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18032074
PMCPMC2278044
OpenAlexW2008350862

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Registered trials

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