Maternal and Fetal Health is part of the Developmental Biomedicine Research Group within the School of Medicine
Maternal and Fetal Health

Publications

  • 2008

    Journal article

    • Aplin JD, Singh H. (2008). Bioinformatics and transcriptomics studies of early implantation. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1127, 116-120. eScholarID:1d28192 | DOI:10.1196/annals.1434.005
    • Chen, C, Lee, M, Huang, J, Aplin, JD, Wu, Y, Hu, C, Chen, P, Li, H, Hwang, S, Liu, S, Yang, Y. (2008). Trafficking of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells from maternal circulation through the placenta involves vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 and integrins. Stem Cells, 26( 2), 550-61. eScholarID:1d32263 | DOI:10.1634/stemcells.2007-0406
    • Forbes K, Westwood M, Baker PN, Aplin JD. (2008). Insulin-like growth factor-I and -II regulate the life cycle of trophoblast in the developing human placenta. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, In Press 2008, eScholarID:1d28174 | DOI:10.1152/ajpcell.00035.2008
    • Gillham JC, Myers JE, Baker PN, Taggart MJ. (2008). Tumour necrosis factor-α alters NO- or EDHF-mediated vasodilatation in isolated human omental arteries. Hypertension in Pregnancy, 27, eScholarID:1d27838 | DOI:10.1080/10641950701825796
    • Harris LK, Baker PN, Brenchley PEC, Aplin JD. (2008). Trophoblast-derived heparanase is not required for invasion. Placenta, 29, eScholarID:1d17118 | DOI:10.1016/j.placenta.2008.01.012
    • Heazell A, Lacey HA, Jones CJP, Huppertz B, Baker PN, Crocker IP. (2008). Effects of oxygen on cell turnover and expression of regulators of apoptosis in human placental trophoblast. Placenta, 29(2), 175-86. eScholarID:1d17300 | DOI:10.1016/j.placenta.2007.11.002
    • Jewsbury S, Crocker IP, Baker PN, Myers JE. (2008). Plasma uric acid levels in relation to endothelial-dependent relaxation in women with preeclampsia. European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, 137, eScholarID:1d27591 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.10.032
    • Jones CJP, Owens S, Senga E, Van Rheenen P, Faragher B, Denton J, Brabin B. J. (2008). Placental expression of α2,6-linked sialic acid is upregulated in malaria. Placenta, In Press 2008, eScholarID:1d28140
    • Khashan A, Abel K, McNamee R, Goertz M, Baker PN, Webb RT, Kenny L, Mortensen PB. (2008). Higher risk of offspring schizophrenia following prenatal exposure to severe life events. Archives Of General Psychiatry, 65(2), 146-152. eScholarID:1d28178 | DOI:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2007.20
    • Robinson N, Wareing MM, Hudson NK, Blankley R, Baker PN, Aplin JD, Crocker IP. (2008). Oxygen and the liberation of placental factors responsible for vascular compromise. Laboratory Investigation, 88( 3), 293-305. eScholarID:1d28176
  • 2007

    Journal article

    • Atkinson DE, Brice-Bennett S, D'Souza SW. (2007). Antiepileptic medication during pregnancy: does fetal genotype affect outcome? Pediatric Research, 62( 2), 120-127. eScholarID:1d27966
    • Brownbill P, McKeeman GC, Brockelsby J, Crocker IP, Sibley CP. (2007). Vasoactive and Permeability Effects of VEGF165 in the Term in vitro Dually Perfused Human Placental Lobule. Endocrinology, 148, 11. eScholarID:1d27826
    • Clark JM, Hulme E, Devendra Kumar V, Turner MMA, Baker PN, Sibley CP, D'Souza SW. (2007). Effect of maternal asthma on birthweight and neonatal outcome in a British inner city population. Journal of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 21, 154-162. eScholarID:1d27025
    • Cleal J.K, Brownbill P, Godfrey K.M, Jackson J.M, Jackson A.A, Sibley CP, Hanson M.A, Lewis R.M. (2007). Modification of fetal plasma amino acid composition by placental amino acid exchangers in vitro. Journal of Physiology, 582(2), 12. eScholarID:1d28086
    • Dissanayake V, Tower CL, Broderick A, Stocker L, Seneviratne H, Jayasekara R, Kalsheker N, Pipkin F, Morgan L. (2007). Polymorphism in the epidermal growth factor gene is associated with birthweight in Sinhalese and white Western Europeans. Mol Hum Reprod, 13( 6), 425-429. eScholarID:1d31705
    • Gillham JC, Myers JE, Baker PN, Taggart MJ. (2007). Regulation of endothelial-dependent relaxation in human systemic arteries by SKCa and IKCa channels. Reprod. Sci, 14, 43-50. eScholarID:1d27612
    • Harris LK, Aplin JD. (2007). Vascular remodeling and extracellular matrix breakdown in the uterine spiral arteries during pregnancy. Reprod. Sci, 14 (8 supp), 28-34. eScholarID:1d28113
    • Harris LK, Keogh RJ, Wareing M, Baker PN, Cartwright JE, Whitley GJ, Aplin JD. (2007). BeWo cells induce vascular remodelling via Fas ligand-and matrix metalloproteinase-dependent mechanisms. Human Reproduction, 22(11), 2834-2841. eScholarID:1d16609
    • Hudson NK, O'Hara M, Lacey HA, Corcoran J, Hemmings D.G, Wareing M, Baker PN, Taggart MJ. (2007). Modulation of human arterial tone during pregnancy: The effect of the bioactive metabolite Sphingosine-1-Phosphate. Biology of Reproduction, 77(1), 45-52. eScholarID:1d27789
    • Iruloh C, D'Souza SW, Speake PF, Crocker IP, Ferguson W, Baker PN, Sibley CP, Glazier JD. (2007). Taurine transporter in fetal T lymphocytes and platelets: Differential expression and functional activity. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 292, C332-C341. eScholarID:1d27403 | DOI:10.1152/ajpcell.00634.2005
    • Jewsbury S, Baker PN, Wareing M. (2007). Relaxation of human placental arteries and venins by ATP-sensitive potassium channel openers. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 37(1), 65-72. eScholarID:1d15372
    • Johnstone E, Speake PF, Sibley CP. (2007). Epidermal Growth Factor and Sphingosine-1-Phosphate stimulate Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE) in human placental syncytiotrophoblast. American Journal of Phsyiology, eScholarID:1d27967
    • Jones CJ, Harris LK, Whittingham J, Aplin JD, Aplin JD, Mayhew TM. (2007). A Re-appraisal of the Morphophenotype and Basal Lamina Coverage of Cytotrophoblasts in Human Term Placenta. Placenta, 29, 215-219. eScholarID:1d16803
    • Jones CJP, Carter A, Aplin JD, Enders A.C. (2007). Glycosylation at the fetomaternal interface in haemomonochorial placentae from five widely separated species of mammal: is there evidence for convergent evolution? Cells, Tissues, Organs, 185, 269-284. eScholarID:1d27602
    • Mills TA, Baker PN, Wareing M. (2007). The effect of mode of delivery on placental chorionic plate vascular reactivity. Hypertension in Pregnancy, 26(2), 201-10. eScholarID:1d16598
    • Mills TA, Baker PN, Wareing M. (2007). The effect of mode of delivery onplacental chorionic plate vascular reactivity. Hypertension in Pregnancy, 26, 201-210. eScholarID:1d16607
    • Mills TA, Taggart MJ, Greenwood SL, Baker PN, Wareing M. (2007). Histamine-induced contraction and relaxation of placental chorionic plate arteries. Placenta, 28(11), 1158-1164. eScholarID:1d20129 | DOI:10.1016/j.placenta.2007.05.008
    • Moll S, Jones CJP, Crocker IP, Baker PN, Heazell A. (2007). Epidermal growth factor rescues trophoblast apoptosis induced by reactive oxygen species. Apoptosis, Jun 19; [Epub ahead of print], eScholarID:1d27792
    • Myers JE, Hart S, Armstrong S, Mires G, Gaskell SJ, Baker PN. (2007). Evidence for multiple circulating factors in pre-eclampsia (toxaemia). Am J Obstet Gynecol, 196, p266 e1-6. eScholarID:1d14888 | DOI:10.1016/j.ajog.2006.10.875
    • Robinson N, Baker PN, Jones CJP, Aplin JD. (2007). A role for tissue transglutaminase in stabilisation of membrane-cytoskeletal particles shed from the human placenta. Biology of Reproduction, Jul 11 2007, eScholarID:1d27797
  • 2006

    Journal article

    • Aplin JD. (2006). Embryo implantation: the molecular mechanism remains elusive. Reprod Biomed Online, 13(6), 833-839. eScholarID:1d14488
    • Aplin, JD, Straszewski-Chavez, S, Kalionis, B, Dunk, C, Morrish, D, Forbes, K, Baczyk, D, Rote, N, Malassine, A, Knöfler, M. (2006). Trophoblast differentiation: progenitor cells, fusion and migration -- a workshop report. Placenta, 27 Suppl A, S141-3. eScholarID:1d31512
    • Atkinson DE, Sibley CP, Fairbairn L, Greenwood SL. (2006). MDR1 P-gp expression and activity in intact human placental tissue; upregulation by retroviral transduction. Placenta, 27, 707-714. eScholarID:1d26661
    • Ayling LJ, Whitley GS, Aplin JD, Cartwright JE. (2006). Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) regulates trophoblast invasion and motility through effects on nitric oxide. Hum Reprod, 21( 10), 2530-2537. eScholarID:1d30001
    • Carter AM, Enders AC, Jones CJP, Mess A, Pfarrer C, Pijnenborg R, Soma H. (2006). Comparative placentation and animal models: patterns of trophoblast invasion - A workshop report. Trophoblast Research Placenta, Supplement 1, 27, 30-33. eScholarID:1d15464
    • Chirayath H, Wareing M, Taggart MJ, Baker PN. (2006). Acute hyperglycemia in uterine arteries from pregnant, but not non-pregnant mice, enhances endothelium-dependent relaxation. Vascular Pharmacol, 46(2), 147-153. eScholarID:1d15083
    • Cooper E.J, Wareing MM, Greenwood SL, Baker PN. (2006). Oxygen tension and normalisation pressure modulate nifedipine-sensitive relaxation of human placental chorionic plate arteries. Placenta, 27, 402-410. eScholarID:1d13041
    • Crocker IP, Arthur P, Heazell A, Baker PN. (2006). The Mitotic Manipulation of Cytotrophoblast Differentiation In Vitro. Placenta, Jul 14, eScholarID:1d15085
    • Hannan NJ, Jones RL, White CA, Salamonsen LA. (2006). The Chemokines, CX3CL1, CCL14, and CCL4, Promote Human Trophoblast Migration at the Feto-Maternal Interface. Biol Reprod, 74(5), eScholarID:1d13062
    • Harris LK, Keogh RJ, Wareing MM, Baker PN, Cartwright J, Aplin JD. (2006). Invasive trophoblasts stimulate vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis by a fas ligand-dependent mechanism. American Journal Of Pathology, 169 (5), 1863-1874. eScholarID:1d27411 | DOI:10.2353/ajpath.2006.060265
    • Heazell A, Moll S, Jones CJP, Baker PN, Crocker IP. (2006). Formation of Syncytial Knots is Increased by Hyperoxia, Hypoxia and Reactive Oxygen Species. Placenta, Nov 29, eScholarID:1d15077
    • Jones CJP, DENTON J, FAZLEABAS. A T. (2006). Morphological and glycosylation changes associated with the endometrium and ectopic lesions in a baboon model of endometriosis. Human Reproduction, 21, 3068-3080. eScholarID:1d27209
    • Jones RL, Findlay JK, Farnworth P, Wallace E, Salamonsen LA. (2006). Activin A and Inhibin A regulate MMPs in Human Endometrial Cells: Potential Mechanisms for Activin-Induced Endometrial Remodeling during Decidualisation and Embryo Implantation. Endocrinology, 147 (2), eScholarID:1d11854 | DOI:10.1210/en.2005-1183
    • Jones RL, Kaitu'u TJ, Sanchez-Partida LG, Nie G-Y, Findlay JK, Salamonsen LA. (2006). Complex expression patterns support potential roles for maternally derived activins in the establishment of pregnancy in mouse. Reproduction, 132 (5), eScholarID:1d27608 | DOI:10.1530/REP-06-0034
    • Mayhew T, Manwani R, Ohadike C, Wijesekara J, Baker PN. (2006). The Placenta in Pre-eclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Studies on Exchange Surface Areas, Diffusion Distances and Villous Membrane Diffusive Conductances. Placenta, Apr 21, eScholarID:1d15090
    • Nugent JL, Baker PN. (2006). Periodontal disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review. BJOG, 113, 848-9. eScholarID:1d15089
    • Roberts VH, Greenwood SL, A.C.Elliott, Sibley CP, L.H.Waters. (2006). Purinergic receptors in human placenta: evidence for functionally active P2X4, P2X7, P2Y2 and P2Y6. American Journal of Physiology, 290, R1374-R1386. eScholarID:1d33085
    • Settle P, Sibley CP, Doughty IM, Johnston T, Glazier JD, Powell TL, Jansson T, D'Souza SW. (2006). Placental lactate transporter expression and activity in intrauterine growth restriction. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, 13(5), 357-363. eScholarID:1d13069
    • Sweeney MA, Jones CJP, Greenwood SL, Baker PN, Taggart MJ. (2006). Ultrastructural features of smooth muscle and endothelial cells of isolated isobaric human placental and maternal arteries. Placenta, 27, 635-647. eScholarID:1d11539
    • Wareing M, Bai X, Seghier F, Turner CM, Greenwood SL, Baker PN, Taggart MJ, Fyfe GK. (2006). Expression and function of potassium channels in the human placental vasculature. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 291(2), R437-R446. eScholarID:1d13043
    • Wareing M, Greenwood SL, Fyfe GK, Baker PN, Taggart MJ. (2006). Glibenclamide Inhibits Agonist-induced Vasoconstriction of Placental Chorionic Plate Arteries. Placenta, 27(6-7), 660-668. eScholarID:1d26644
    • Wareing M, Greenwood SL, Fyfe GK, Baker PN. (2006). Reactivity of human placental chorionic plate vessels from pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Biology of Reproduction, 75, 518-523. eScholarID:1d15149
    • Wareing MM, Myers JE, O'Hara M, Kenny L, Taggart MJ, Skillem L, Machin L, Baker PN. (2006). Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors and omental and placental small artery function in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 127, 41-9. eScholarID:1d15087