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  1. Book ; Online ; E-Book: Pathology of the placenta

    Khong, T. Yee / Mooney, Eoghan E. / Nikkels, Peter G. J. / Morgan, Terry K. / Gordijn, Sanne J.

    a practical guide

    2019  

    Author's details T. Yee Khong, Eoghan E. Mooney, Peter G. J. Nikkels, Terry K. Morgan, Sanne J. Gordijn editors
    Keywords Pathology ; Obstetrics ; Epidemiology ; Pediatrics
    Subject code 616.07
    Language English
    Size 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 395 Seiten), Illustrationen
    Publisher Springer International Publishing
    Publishing place Cham
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Book ; Online ; E-Book
    Remark Zugriff für angemeldete ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer
    HBZ-ID HT021323381
    ISBN 978-3-319-97214-5 ; 9783319972138 ; 3-319-97214-6 ; 3319972138
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-97214-5
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  2. Article ; Online: Cell- and size-specific analysis of placental extracellular vesicles in maternal plasma and pre-eclampsia.

    Morgan, Terry K

    Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine

    2018  Volume 201, Page(s) 40–48

    Abstract: Despite decades of investigation, we cannot predict, prevent, or adequately treat the most common and deadly complications of pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension). The current working hypothesis for the repeated failures of ...

    Abstract Despite decades of investigation, we cannot predict, prevent, or adequately treat the most common and deadly complications of pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension). The current working hypothesis for the repeated failures of several multicenter studies that measured a wide variety of biomarkers is common pregnancy complications like pre-eclampsia are most likely heterogeneous syndromes with various etiologies; therefore, no combination of blood-based biomarkers will provide predictive power. Although the clinical syndrome of pre-eclampsia may have various causes, the current dogma is most cases share similar placental pathology, including accelerated chorionic villous maturation and an increased frequency of malperfusion-related infarctions. This pathology is thought to begin in the late first trimester of pregnancy. The challenge has been to develop an approach to monitor placental health in vivo. New contrast-enhanced imaging studies of blood flow to the placenta are providing insights, but rapid liquid-based assays using maternal blood would be more cost-effective. Recently, there has been a growing interest in placental extracellular vesicles (EVs) to determine if these complex lipid-based spheres involved in intercellular communication offer clues to the early pathophysiology of placental damage. Most EVs are nanoscale-sized exosomes (∼60-120 nm) that retain cell-specific plasma membrane surface markers. Their concentration, composition, and relative size distribution may provide clinical predictive power, but more investigation is needed. A major obstacle to advancement in this field has been the lack of EV imaging and isolation assays that can provide both cell- and size-specificity. Nanoscale multiplex high-resolution flow cytometry being developed in a number of laboratories may provide a solution. It is a potential means to quantitate both cell- and size-specific EVs from various cell sources, including the placenta.
    MeSH term(s) Alkaline Phosphatase/analysis ; Cell Communication ; Extracellular Vesicles/physiology ; Female ; Flow Cytometry/methods ; GPI-Linked Proteins/analysis ; Humans ; Isoenzymes/analysis ; Placenta/pathology ; Pre-Eclampsia/pathology ; Pregnancy/blood
    Chemical Substances GPI-Linked Proteins ; Isoenzymes ; Alkaline Phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1) ; alkaline phosphatase, placental (EC 3.1.3.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-08-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2246684-8
    ISSN 1878-1810 ; 1532-6543 ; 1931-5244
    ISSN (online) 1878-1810 ; 1532-6543
    ISSN 1931-5244
    DOI 10.1016/j.trsl.2018.08.004
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  3. Article ; Online: Role of the Placenta in Preterm Birth: A Review.

    Morgan, Terry K

    American journal of perinatology

    2016  Volume 33, Issue 3, Page(s) 258–266

    Abstract: Preterm birth is a multifactorial syndrome with a variety of risk factors and long-term health consequences for the child. Placental pathology provides important diagnostic information to ascertain the cause of preterm birth. For example, intra-amniotic ... ...

    Abstract Preterm birth is a multifactorial syndrome with a variety of risk factors and long-term health consequences for the child. Placental pathology provides important diagnostic information to ascertain the cause of preterm birth. For example, intra-amniotic infection is one risk factor, but accumulating evidence based on placental pathology, amniotic fluid cultures, and polymerase chain reaction studies suggests infection may be a less common cause of preterm birth than previously suspected, especially after 32 weeks' gestation. Instead, many cases of spontaneous preterm labor leading to preterm birth appear to be caused by placental insufficiency, similar to preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. Other causes of preterm birth, including retroplacental abruption, chronic villitis, and twin gestations, also have specific placental pathology related to placental insufficiency. New insights into the underlying mechanisms regulating uteroplacental blood flow and the impact of placental malperfusion on placental health may lead to improved early gestation diagnostic testing and a revolution in preventative care for both the mother and her child.
    MeSH term(s) Abruptio Placentae/pathology ; Female ; Fetal Growth Retardation/etiology ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Obstetric Labor, Premature/etiology ; Placenta/pathology ; Placental Insufficiency/pathology ; Pre-Eclampsia/etiology ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Twin ; Premature Birth/etiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 605671-4
    ISSN 1098-8785 ; 0735-1631
    ISSN (online) 1098-8785
    ISSN 0735-1631
    DOI 10.1055/s-0035-1570379
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  4. Article: Role of the Placenta in Preterm Birth: A Review

    Morgan, Terry K.

    American Journal of Perinatology

    2016  Volume 33, Issue 03, Page(s) 258–266

    Abstract: Preterm birth is a multifactorial syndrome with a variety of risk factors and long-term health consequences for the child. Placental pathology provides important diagnostic information to ascertain the cause of preterm birth. For example, intra-amniotic ... ...

    Abstract Preterm birth is a multifactorial syndrome with a variety of risk factors and long-term health consequences for the child. Placental pathology provides important diagnostic information to ascertain the cause of preterm birth. For example, intra-amniotic infection is one risk factor, but accumulating evidence based on placental pathology, amniotic fluid cultures, and polymerase chain reaction studies suggests infection may be a less common cause of preterm birth than previously suspected, especially after 32 weeks' gestation. Instead, many cases of spontaneous preterm labor leading to preterm birth appear to be caused by placental insufficiency, similar to preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. Other causes of preterm birth, including retroplacental abruption, chronic villitis, and twin gestations, also have specific placental pathology related to placental insufficiency. New insights into the underlying mechanisms regulating uteroplacental blood flow and the impact of placental malperfusion on placental health may lead to improved early gestation diagnostic testing and a revolution in preventative care for both the mother and her child.
    Keywords placental pathology ; preterm birth ; preterm labor ; preeclampsia ; fetal growth restriction
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-01-05
    Publisher Thieme Medical Publishers
    Publishing place Stuttgart ; New York
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 605671-4
    ISSN 1098-8785 ; 0735-1631
    ISSN (online) 1098-8785
    ISSN 0735-1631
    DOI 10.1055/s-0035-1570379
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  5. Article ; Online: Autotaxin-lysolipid signaling suppresses a CCL11-eosinophil axis to promote pancreatic cancer progression.

    Bhattacharyya, Sohinee / Oon, Chet / Diaz, Luis / Sandborg, Holly / Stempinski, Erin S / Saoi, Michelle / Morgan, Terry K / López, Claudia S / Cross, Justin R / Sherman, Mara H

    Nature cancer

    2024  Volume 5, Issue 2, Page(s) 283–298

    Abstract: Lipids and their modifying enzymes regulate diverse features of the tumor microenvironment and cancer progression. The secreted enzyme autotaxin (ATX) hydrolyzes extracellular lysophosphatidylcholine to generate the multifunctional lipid mediator ... ...

    Abstract Lipids and their modifying enzymes regulate diverse features of the tumor microenvironment and cancer progression. The secreted enzyme autotaxin (ATX) hydrolyzes extracellular lysophosphatidylcholine to generate the multifunctional lipid mediator lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and supports the growth of several tumor types, including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Here we show that ATX suppresses the accumulation of eosinophils in the PDAC microenvironment. Genetic or pharmacologic ATX inhibition increased the number of intratumor eosinophils, which promote tumor cell apoptosis locally and suppress tumor progression. Mechanistically, ATX suppresses eosinophil accumulation via an autocrine feedback loop, wherein ATX-LPA signaling negatively regulates the activity of the AP-1 transcription factor c-Jun, in turn suppressing the expression of the potent eosinophil chemoattractant CCL11 (eotaxin-1). Eosinophils were identified in human PDAC specimens, and rare individuals with high intratumor eosinophil abundance had the longest overall survival. Together with recent findings, this study reveals the context-dependent, immune-modulatory potential of ATX-LPA signaling in cancer.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Eosinophils/metabolism ; Chemokine CCL11 ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/genetics ; Neoplastic Processes ; Lysophosphatidylcholines/metabolism ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/drug therapy ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/genetics ; Tumor Microenvironment
    Chemical Substances Chemokine CCL11 ; Lysophosphatidylcholines ; CCL11 protein, human
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2662-1347
    ISSN (online) 2662-1347
    DOI 10.1038/s43018-023-00703-y
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  6. Article ; Online: Editorial: Uteroplacental mingling: who's kissing uNK?

    Morgan, Terry K / Beristain, Alexander G

    Journal of leukocyte biology

    2016  Volume 100, Issue 4, Page(s) 637–639

    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 605722-6
    ISSN 1938-3673 ; 0741-5400
    ISSN (online) 1938-3673
    ISSN 0741-5400
    DOI 10.1189/jlb.1CE0316-162R
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  7. Article: Nonhuman Primate Models of Zika Virus Infection and Disease during Pregnancy

    Haese, Nicole N. / Roberts, Victoria H. J. / Chen, Athena / Streblow, Daniel N. / Morgan, Terry K. / Hirsch, Alec J.

    Viruses. 2021 Oct. 16, v. 13, no. 10

    2021  

    Abstract: Since the explosive outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil and South/Central America in 2015–2016, the frequency of infections has subsided, but Zika virus remains present in this region as well as other tropical and sub-tropical areas of the globe. The most ... ...

    Abstract Since the explosive outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil and South/Central America in 2015–2016, the frequency of infections has subsided, but Zika virus remains present in this region as well as other tropical and sub-tropical areas of the globe. The most alarming aspect of Zika virus infection is its association with severe birth defects when infection occurs in pregnant women. Understanding the mechanism of Zika virus pathogenesis, which comprises features unique to Zika virus as well as shared with other teratogenic pathogens, is key to future prophylactic or therapeutic interventions. Nonhuman primate-based research has played a significant role in advancing our knowledge of Zika virus pathogenesis, especially with regard to fetal infection. This review summarizes what we have learned from these models and potential future research directions.
    Keywords Zika virus ; pathogenesis ; pregnancy ; teratogenicity ; therapeutics ; Brazil ; Central America
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-1016
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2516098-9
    ISSN 1999-4915
    ISSN 1999-4915
    DOI 10.3390/v13102088
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  8. Article ; Online: Immunocytochemical analysis of the cervical Pap smear.

    Morgan, Terry K / Berlin, Michelle

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2015  Volume 1249, Page(s) 203–212

    Abstract: Although immunostained cervical Pap smears are not yet FDA approved for clinical use, it is very likely that they will become widely employed in the near future to identify neoplastic squamous and iendocervical glandular cells when screening liquid-based ...

    Abstract Although immunostained cervical Pap smears are not yet FDA approved for clinical use, it is very likely that they will become widely employed in the near future to identify neoplastic squamous and iendocervical glandular cells when screening liquid-based cytological preparations (i.e., SurePath™ or ThinPrep™). The current problem with cytology complemented by high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) testing is poor specificity. HPV testing provides superior sensitivity, but many women are infected with the virus, while very few have had persistent infections leading to carcinoma. Pathologists routinely use antibodies directed against the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16 (p16(INK4a)) or a combination of antibodies directed against topoisomerase-2-alpha and minichromosome maintenance protein-2 (as in ProEx™ C) to improve diagnostic precision and accuracy in cervical tissue biopsies. This chapter will describe the immunocytochemical methods used by our group to immunostain cervical Pap smears and provide significantly improved positive predictive value when screening for cervical cancer.
    MeSH term(s) Biopsy ; Cervix Uteri/pathology ; Cervix Uteri/virology ; Female ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry/methods ; Papanicolaou Test/methods ; Papillomaviridae/physiology ; Papillomavirus Infections/diagnosis ; Papillomavirus Infections/pathology ; Papillomavirus Infections/virology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2013-6_15
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  9. Article ; Online: Placental adaptations in a nonhuman primate model of gestational protein restriction.

    Roberts, Victoria H J / Gaffney, Jessica E / Morgan, Terry K / Frias, Antonio E

    Journal of developmental origins of health and disease

    2020  Volume 12, Issue 6, Page(s) 908–914

    Abstract: We previously demonstrated decreased placental perfusion, reduced amniotic fluid protein content, and increased pregnancy loss in a nonhuman primate model of gestational protein restriction. Here, our objective was to link these detrimental findings with ...

    Abstract We previously demonstrated decreased placental perfusion, reduced amniotic fluid protein content, and increased pregnancy loss in a nonhuman primate model of gestational protein restriction. Here, our objective was to link these detrimental findings with a functional placental assessment. As blood flow is critical to maternal-fetal exchange, we hypothesized that a protein-restricted diet would impair placental taurine uptake. Pregnant rhesus macaques were maintained on either control chow (CON, n = 5), a 33% protein-restricted diet (PR33, n = 5), or a 50% PR diet (PR50, n = 5) prior to and throughout pregnancy. Animals were delivered on gestational day 135 (G135; term is G168). Taurine activity was determined in fresh placental villous explants. Taurine transporter (TauT) protein expression, placental growth factor (PLGF), and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and IGF-2 protein concentrations were measured, and histological assessment was performed. Fetal body weights and placental weights were comparable between all three groups at G135. Placental taurine uptake was decreased in PR33- and PR50-fed animals compared to CON, yet TauT expression was unchanged across groups. PLGF was significantly increased in PR50 vs. CON, with no change in IGF-1 or IGF-2 expression in placental homogenate from PR-fed animals. Accelerated villous maturation was observed in all PR50 cases, three of five PR33, and was absent in CON. We demonstrate conserved fetal growth, despite a decrease in placental taurine uptake. Increased expression of PLGF and expansion of the syncytiotrophoblast surface area in the severely protein-restricted animals suggest a compensatory mechanism by the placenta to maintain fetal growth.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Diet, Protein-Restricted/adverse effects ; Diet, Protein-Restricted/methods ; Disease Models, Animal ; Female ; Fetal Growth Retardation/physiopathology ; Macaca mulatta/abnormalities ; Placenta/physiopathology ; Placenta Growth Factor/metabolism ; Pregnancy
    Chemical Substances Placenta Growth Factor (144589-93-5)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-12-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2554780-X
    ISSN 2040-1752 ; 2040-1744
    ISSN (online) 2040-1752
    ISSN 2040-1744
    DOI 10.1017/S204017442000121X
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  10. Article ; Online: Deletion of the mRNA stability factor

    McCarthy, Grace A / Di Niro, Roberto / Finan, Jennifer M / Jain, Aditi / Guo, Yifei / Wyatt, Cory R / Guimaraes, Alexander R / Waugh, Trent A / Keith, Dove / Morgan, Terry K / Sears, Rosalie C / Brody, Jonathan R

    NAR cancer

    2023  Volume 5, Issue 2, Page(s) zcad016

    Abstract: Stromal cells promote extensive fibrosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is associated with poor prognosis and therapeutic resistance. We report here for the first time that loss of the RNA-binding protein human antigen R (HuR, ...

    Abstract Stromal cells promote extensive fibrosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is associated with poor prognosis and therapeutic resistance. We report here for the first time that loss of the RNA-binding protein human antigen R (HuR,
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-19
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2632-8674
    ISSN (online) 2632-8674
    DOI 10.1093/narcan/zcad016
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