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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Immunobiology of Acute Chorioamnionitis.

Monica Cappelletti, Pietro Presicce, Suhas G Kallapur

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. IsGut microbes · 2026
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  5. Reconceptualizing chorioamnionitis as an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder at the maternal-fetal interface.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  9. Research Progress on perinatalFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monica CappellettiDivisions of Neonatology and Developmental Biology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Pietro PresicceDivisions of Neonatology and Developmental Biology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Suhas G KallapurDivisions of Neonatology and Developmental Biology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Transcriptomics and biomarkers of fetal neuroinflammationR01HD098389 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KALLAPUR, SUHAS · 2019 to 2023
$3.8M
Novel therapeutic target for intrauterine inflammationR21HD090856 · NICHD · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI HERR, ANDREW B, HILDEMAN, DAVID A · 2017 to 2018
$429k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD098389NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD090856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute chorioamnionitis is characterized by neutrophilic infiltration and inflammation at the maternal fetal interface. It is a relatively common complication of pregnancy and can have devastating consequences including preterm labor, maternal infections, fetal infection/inflammation, fetal lung, brain, and gastrointestinal tract injury. In this review, we will discuss current understanding of the pathogenesis, immunobiology, and mechanisms of this condition. Most commonly, acute chorioamnionitis is a result of ascending infection with relatively low-virulence organisms such as the Ureaplasma species. Furthermore, recent vaginal microbiome studies suggest that there is a link between vaginal dysbiosis, vaginal inflammation, and ascending infection. Although less common, microorganisms invading the maternal-fetal interface via hematogenous route (e.g., Zika virus, Cytomegalovirus, and Listeria) can cause placental villitis and severe fetal inflammation and injury. We will provide an overview of the knowledge gleaned from different animal models of acute chorioamnionitis and the role of different immune cells in different maternal-fetal compartments. Lastly, we will discuss how infectious agents can break the maternal tolerance of fetal allograft during pregnancy and highlight the novel future therapeutic approaches.

Indexed as

AnimalsChorioamnionitisDysbiosisFemaleHumansInfectionsMicrobiotaPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousVaginaanimal modelfetal membraneimmune cellsinfectioninflammation

Identifiers

PMID32373122
PMCPMC7177011
OpenAlexW3017184042

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