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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Promoting Roles of Embryonic Signals in Embryo Implantation and Placentation in Cooperation with Endocrine and Immune Systems.

Hiroshi Fujiwara, Masanori Ono, Yukiyasu Sato, Kazuhiko Imakawa, Takashi Iizuka, Kyosuke Kagami, Tomoko Fujiwara, Akihito Horie, Hirohiko Tani, Akira Hattori and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Galectin-13 and Laeverin Levels Interfere with Human Fetoplacental Growth.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Identification of potent pan-ephrin receptor kinase inhibitors using DNA-encoded chemistry technology.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  17. Regulation of Placental Efflux Transporters during Pregnancy Complications.Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals · 2022
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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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroshi FujiwaraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Masanori OnoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9249-6813
Yukiyasu SatoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu 760-0017, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4033-1229
Kazuhiko ImakawaResearch Institute of Agriculture, Tokai University, Kumamoto 862-8652, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3798-3560
Takashi IizukaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Kyosuke KagamiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Tomoko FujiwaraDepartment of Home Science and Welfare, Kyoto Notre Dame University, Kyoto 606-0847, Japan.
Akihito HorieDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Hirohiko TaniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Akira HattoriDepartment of System Chemotherapy and Molecular Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Takiko DaikokuDivision of Transgenic Animal Science, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan.
Yoshihiko ArakiInstitute for Environmental and Gender-specific Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Urayasu 279-0021, Japan.
Kanazawa University · JPKyoto University · JPJuntendo University · JPKyoto Notre Dame University · JPKyushu Tokai University · JPTakamatsu Red Cross Hospital · JP

Funding

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 17H04337Health and Labor Sciences Research Grant 8gk0110024h0002Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 18cm0106610h0002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryo implantation in the uterus is an essential process for successful pregnancy in mammals. In general, the endocrine system induces sufficient embryo receptivity in the endometrium, where adhesion-promoting molecules increase and adhesion-inhibitory molecules decrease. Although the precise mechanisms remain unknown, it is widely accepted that maternal-embryo communications, including embryonic signals, improve the receptive ability of the sex steroid hormone-primed endometrium. The embryo may utilize repulsive forces produced by an Eph-ephrin system for its timely attachment to and subsequent invasion through the endometrial epithelial layer. Importantly, the embryonic signals are considered to act on maternal immune cells to induce immune tolerance. They also elicit local inflammation that promotes endometrial differentiation and maternal tissue remodeling during embryo implantation and placentation. Additional clarification of the immune control mechanisms by embryonic signals, such as human chorionic gonadotropin, pre-implantation factor, zona pellucida degradation products, and laeverin, will aid in the further development of immunotherapy to minimize implantation failure in the future.

Indexed as

Embryo ImplantationPlacentationAnimalsCell AdhesionEndocrine SystemFemaleGonadal Steroid HormonesHumansImmune SystemImmune ToleranceMetalloproteasesPregnancyGonadal Steroid HormonesMetalloproteasesembryo implantationembryonic signalimmune systemimmune therapyimplantation failureplacentation

Identifiers

PMID32164226
PMCPMC7084435
OpenAlexW3011805900

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Registered trials

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