ReviewBirth defects research2017
Inositol, neural tube closure and the prevention of neural tube defects.
Review in Birth defects research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Birth prevalence and risk factors of neural tube defects in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Chiari II brain malformation is secondary to open spina bifida.Disease models & mechanisms · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Multivitamins vs Folic Acid on Prevention of Neural Tube Defects in Mouse Genetic Models and Human Organoids.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Maternal Myo-Inositol Intake and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease and Associated Factors among Infants with Myelomeningocele: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- IPPK-1 and IP6 contribute to ventral nerve cord assembly in C. elegans.Developmental biology · 2025Article
- Loss of the epithelial transcription factor grhl3 leads to variably penetrant developmental phenotypes in zebrafish.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2025Article
- Efficacy of inositol supplementation in the prevention and treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis.World journal of diabetes · 2025Article
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- Maternal Myo-Inositol Deficiency Involved Autophagy Impairment by PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling in Neural Tube Defects During Pregnancy.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Association between Early Pregnancy Maternal Folate and Glycemic Indices at Oral Glucose Tolerance Test: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Diacylglycerol kinase γ facilitates the proliferation and migration of neural stem cells in the developing neural tube.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024Article
- Up-regulation of miR-10a-5p expression inhibits the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells by targetingActa biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024Article
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- The Effectiveness of Myo-Inositol in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Prospective Clinical Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Exploring research hotspots and future directions in neural tube defects field by bibliometric and bioinformatics analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- <sc>d</sc>-Chiro-Inositol in Clinical Practice: A Perspective from the Experts Group on Inositol in Basic and Clinical Research (EGOI).Gynecologic and obstetric investigation · 2024Review
- Valproic Acid in Pregnancy Revisited: Neurobehavioral, Biochemical and Molecular Changes Affecting the Embryo and Fetus in Humans and in Animals: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- A Markov-model simulation of IVF programs for PCOS patients indicates that coupling myo-Inositol with rFSH is cost-effective for the Italian Health System.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- A Paternal Methylation Error in the Congenital Hydrocephalic Texas (H-Tx) Rat Is Partially Rescued with Natural Folate Supplements.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Susceptibility to neural tube defects (NTDs), such as anencephaly and spina bifida is influenced by genetic and environmental factors including maternal nutrition. Maternal periconceptional supplementation with folic acid significantly reduces the risk of an NTD-affected pregnancy, but does not prevent all NTDs, and "folic acid non-responsive" NTDs continue to occur. Similarly, among mouse models of NTDs, some are responsive to folic acid but others are not. Among nutritional factors, inositol deficiency causes cranial NTDs in mice while supplemental inositol prevents spinal and cranial NTDs in the curly tail (Grhl3 hypomorph) mouse, rodent models of hyperglycemia or induced diabetes, and in a folate-deficiency induced NTD model. NTDs also occur in mice lacking expression of certain inositol kinases. Inositol-containing phospholipids (phosphoinositides) and soluble inositol phosphates mediate a range of functions, including intracellular signaling, interaction with cytoskeletal proteins, and regulation of membrane identity in trafficking and cell division. Myo-inositol has been trialed in humans for a range of conditions and appears safe for use in human pregnancy. In pilot studies in Italy and the United Kingdom, women took inositol together with folic acid preconceptionally, after one or more previous NTD-affected pregnancies. In nonrandomized cohorts and a randomized double-blind study in the United Kingdom, no recurrent NTDs were observed among 52 pregnancies reported to date. Larger-scale fully powered trials are needed to determine whether supplementation with inositol and folic acid would more effectively prevent NTDs than folic acid alone. Birth Defects Research 109:68-80, 2017. © 2016 The Authors Birth Defects Research Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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