The inflammation paradox in the evolution of mammalian pregnancy: turning a foe into a friend
Chavan AR, Griffith OW, Wagner GP. The inflammation paradox in the evolution of mammalian pregnancy: turning a foe into a friend. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 2017, 47: 24-32. PMID: 28850905, DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2017.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdaptive immune systemMammalian pregnancyOutcome of pregnancySemi-allogenic fetusInfluence of inflammationContinuation of pregnancyImmunological paradoxAcute inflammationMaternal healthWorse inflammationEndometrial inflammationVascular permeabilityEmbryo implantationInflammationImmune systemPregnancyMaternal reactionsFetusesImplantationMatrix reorganizationEmbryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction
Griffith OW, Chavan AR, Protopapas S, Maziarz J, Romero R, Wagner GP. Embryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e6566-e6575. PMID: 28747528, PMCID: PMC5559003, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701129114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerm pregnancyMaterno-fetal interfaceEGF-like growth factorInflammatory responseImmune responseEmbryo implantationPregnancyGrowth factorMucin 1Molecular changesImplantationKey markersMiceParturitionExhibit expressionMorphological changesHumansOpossumEutherian mammalsUterusImmunohistochemistryTranscriptomic analysisPlacentaImplantation reactionLocalization profiles