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Inflammatory Molecules Responsible for Length Shortening and Preterm Birth.

Zacharias Fasoulakis, Antonios Koutras, Thomas Ntounis, Panos Antsaklis, Marianna Theodora, Asimina Valsamaki, George Daskalakis, Emmanuel N Kontomanolis

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of Common Therapies for Threatened Preterm Labor on the Placental Inflammatory Response.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026
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  2. Lipid metabolism and inflammation as key drivers in preterm birth: A comprehensive analysis.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zacharias Fasoulakis1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital Alexandra, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0216-3420
Antonios Koutras1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital Alexandra, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7229-9983
Thomas Ntounis1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital Alexandra, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4594-8308
Panos Antsaklis1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital Alexandra, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Marianna Theodora1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital Alexandra, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8280-7796
Asimina ValsamakiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Koutlimbaneio and Triantafylleio General Hospital of Larissa, 41221 Larissa, Greece.
George Daskalakis1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital Alexandra, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Emmanuel N KontomanolisDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRDemocritus University of Thrace · GRUniversity Hospital of Larissa · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is estimated that inflammation at the placental-maternal interface is directly responsible for or contributes to the development of 50% of all premature deliveries. Chorioamnionitis, also known as the premature rupture of the amniotic membrane in the mother, is the root cause of persistent inflammation that preterm newborns experience. Beyond contributing to the onset of early labor, inflammation is a critical element in advancing several conditions in neonates, including necrotizing enterocolitis, retinopathy of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage, retinopathy of prematurity and periventricular leukomalacia. Notably, the immune systems of preterm infants are not fully developed; immune defense mechanisms and immunosuppression (tolerance) have a delicate balance that is easily upset in this patient category. As a result, premature infants are exposed to different antigens from elements such as hospital-specific microbes, artificial devices, medications, food antigens and hypoxia/hyperoxia. This has detrimental implications for preterm deliveries of less than 28 weeks because they have not yet evolved the mechanisms to tolerate maternal and self-antigens.

Indexed as

Infant, Newborn, DiseasesPremature BirthRetinopathy of PrematurityFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInflammationPlacentaPregnancycervical insufficiencychorioamnionitisinflammationinterleukinspreterm birth

Identifiers

PMID36672145
PMCPMC9856720
OpenAlexW4313583337

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