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ArticleThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2019

miRNA Profiles in Extracellular Vesicles From Serum Early in Pregnancies Complicated by Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

Virginie Gillet, Annie Ouellet, Yulia Stepanov, Rodosthenis S Rodosthenous, Erika Kathe Croft, Kasey Brennan, Nadia Abdelouahab, Andrea Baccarelli, Larissa Takser

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Article in The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
90citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
17.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 137 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Virginie GilletDépartement de Pédiatrie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Annie OuelletDépartement d'Obstétrique et de Gynécologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Yulia StepanovDépartement d'Obstétrique et de Gynécologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Rodosthenis S RodosthenousDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Erika Kathe CroftDépartement de Pédiatrie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Kasey BrennanDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nadia AbdelouahabDépartement d'Obstétrique et de Gynécologie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Andrea BaccarelliDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Larissa TakserDépartement de Pédiatrie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
Université de Sherbrooke · CAHarvard University · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI JAIME ELIZABETH HART · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextUnderlying mechanisms leading to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are still under investigation, and it is unclear whether the placenta plays a role in triggering glucose intolerance or if its functions are modified in response to the hyperglycemia. Circulating miRNAs are involved in placental development and function and are encapsulated in extracellular vesicles (EVs).

objectiveTo compare differential expression of miRNAs in circulating EVs in pregnancies complicated by GDM vs controls.

methodsThis was a case-control study nested in a prospective pregnancy cohort including 23 women with GDM and 46 matched controls. The presence of serum EVs in early pregnancy was validated by transmission electron microscopy. Placental dimensions were assessed at 11 to 13 weeks of gestation. Differential expression of 17 miRNAs encapsulated in EVs (miR‒122-5p, miR‒132-3p, miR-1323, miR‒182-3p, miR‒210-3p, miR‒29a-3p, miR‒29b-3p, miR‒342-3p, miR‒517-5p, miR‒517a-3p, miR‒518b, miR-520h, miR‒525-5p, miR‒136-5p, miR‒342-3p, miR‒376c-5p, and miR‒494-3p) was assessed using quantitative reverse transcription PCR.

resultsEVs were present in the early phase of placentation (6 to 15 weeks of gestation) in both cases and controls. No differences were observed for placental dimensions and estimated placental volume between GDM and control groups. Ten miRNAs (miR‒122-5p; miR‒132-3p; miR‒1323; miR‒136-5p; miR‒182-3p; miR‒210-3p; miR‒29a-3p; miR‒29b-3p; miR‒342-3p, and miR-520h) showed significantly higher levels in GDM cases than in controls (P ≤ 0.05). Bioinformatics analysis showed that these miRNAs are involved in trophoblast proliferation/differentiation as well as in insulin secretion/regulation and glucose transport in pregnant women.

conclusionThe miRNA content of blood EVs may be a promising avenue for studying the early effect of impaired glucose metabolism on placental development.

Indexed as

AdultBlood GlucoseCase-Control StudiesCirculating MicroRNAComputational BiologyDiabetes, GestationalExtracellular VesiclesFemaleGlucose Tolerance TestHumansInsulinPlacentationPregnancyProspective StudiesTrophoblastsBlood GlucoseCirculating MicroRNAInsulin

Identifiers

PMID31058973
PMCPMC6760296
OpenAlexW2944598794

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