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Akram KM, Kulkarni NS, Brook A, Wyles MD, Anumba DOC. Transcriptomic analysis of the human placenta reveals trophoblast dysfunction and augmented Wnt signalling associated with spontaneous preterm birth. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 2022;10. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.987740
Akram KM, Frost LI, Anumba DO. Impaired autophagy with augmented apoptosis in a Th1/Th2-imbalanced placental micromilieu is associated with spontaneous preterm birth. Front Mol Biosci. 2022 Aug 26;9:897228. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.897228. PMID: 36090032; PMCID: PMC9460763.
Carter J, Anumba D, Brigante L, Burden C, Draycott T, Gillespie S, Harlev-Lam B, Judge A, Lenguerrand E, Sheehan E, Thilaganathan B, Wilson H, Winter C, Viner M, Sandall J. The Tommy's Clinical Decision Tool, a device for reducing the clinical impact of placental dysfunction and preterm birth: protocol for a mixed-methods early implementation evaluation study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Aug 15;22(1):639. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04867-w. PMID: 35971107; PMCID: PMC9377101.
Amabebe E, Bhatnagar N, Kamble N, Reynolds S, Anumba DO. Exploring the antimicrobial properties of vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus against preterm birth-associated bacteria. Reprod Fertil. 2022 Jul 18;3(3):L6-L8. doi: 10.1530/RAF-22-0026. PMID: 35928673; PMCID: PMC9346311.
Jones GL, Mitchell CA, Hirst JE, Anumba DOC; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Understanding the relationship between social determinants of health and maternal mortality: Scientific Impact Paper No. 67. BJOG. 2022 Jun;129(7):1211-1228. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17044. Epub 2022 Feb 9. PMID: 35139580.
Amabebe E, Reynolds S, Anumba DOC. Spectral binning of cervicovaginal fluid metabolites improves prediction of spontaneous preterm birth and Lactobacillus species dominance. Reprod Fertil. 2021 Nov 4;2(4):L4-L6. doi: 10.1530/RAF-21-0065. PMID: 35118412; PMCID: PMC8788584.
Brizan JB, Amabebe E. Maternal Obesity as a Risk Factor for Caesarean Delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. Life (Basel). 2022 Jun 17;12(6):906. doi: 10.3390/life12060906. PMID: 35743937.
Campbell F, Salam S, Sutton A, Jayasooriya SM, Mitchell C, Amabebe E, Balen J, Gillespie BM, Parris K, Soma-Pillay P, Chauke L, Narice B, Anumba DO. Interventions for the prevention of spontaneous preterm birth: a scoping review of systematic reviews. BMJ Open. 2022 May 13;12(5):e052576. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052576. PMID: 35568487.
Gillespie B, Balen J, Allen H, Soma-Pillay P, Anumba D. Shifting Social Norms and Adolescent Girls' Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Information in a South African Township. Qual Health Res. 2022 May 20:10497323221089880. doi: 10.1177/10497323221089880. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35592927.
Jones GL, Mitchell CA, Hirst JE, Anumba DOC; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Understanding the relationship between social determinants of health and maternal mortality: Scientific Impact Paper No. 67: Scientific Impact Paper No. 67. BJOG. 2022 Feb 9. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17044.
Amabebe E, Anumba DOC. Mechanistic Insights into Immune Suppression and Evasion in Bacterial Vaginosis. Curr Microbiol. 2022 Feb 7;79(3):84. doi: 10.1007/s00284-022-02771-2.
Amabebe E, Reynolds S, Anumba DOC. Spectral binning of cervicovaginal fluid metabolites improves prediction of spontaneous preterm birth and Lactobacillus species dominance. Reprod Fertil. 2021 Nov 4;2(4):L4-L6. doi: 10.1530/RAF-21-0065.
Stern V, Anumba D. Potential incorporation of novel cervical impedance spectroscopy assessment into existing clinical algorithms for predicting preterm birth. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2021 Jan;256:523-524. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.11.019.
Narice BF, Trzeszcz M, Cohen M, Anumba DO. Acute Villitis and Intravascular Microorganisms in Fetal Vessels: A Case Report and Literature Review of an Unusual Histopathological Finding. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 May-Jun;24(3):246-251. doi: 10.1177/1093526621993333.
Anumba DOC, Stern V, Healey JT, Dixon S, Brown BH. Value of cervical electrical impedance spectroscopy to predict spontaneous preterm delivery in asymptomatic women: the ECCLIPPx prospective cohort study. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Aug;58(2):293-302. doi: 10.1002/uog.22180.
Ikumi NM, Anumba D, Matjila M. Pharmacokinetics and placental transfer of dolutegravir in pregnancy. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021 Oct 7:dkab365. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab365.
Amabebe E, Anumba DOC. A Combination of Cervicovaginal Fluid Glutamate, Acetate and D-Lactate Identified Asymptomatic Low-Risk Women Destined to Deliver Preterm: a Prospective Cohort Study. Reprod Sci. 2021 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s43032-021-00711-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34374963.
Gillespie BM, Allen H, Pritchard M, Soma-Pillay P, Balen J, Anumba D. Agency under constraint: Adolescent accounts of pregnancy and motherhood in informal settlements in South Africa. Glob Public Health. 2021 Sep 26;1-14. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1981974
Ikumi NM, Matjila M, Gray CM, Anumba D. Placental pathology in women with HIV. Placenta.2021 Sep 11;115:27-36.doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2021.09.006
Ahmed T, Rahman AE, Amole TG, Galadanci H, Matjila M, Soma-Pillay P, Gillespie BM, El Arifeen S, Anumba DOC. The effect of COVID-19 on maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa: call for a contextualised pandemic response in LMICs. Int J Equity Health. 2021. 20(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01414-5.
Akaba GO, Nnodu OE, Ryan N, Peprah E , Agida TE, Anumba DOC , Ekele BA. Applying the WHO ICD-MM classification system to maternal deaths in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria: A retrospective analysis from 2014-2018. PLoS One 2021. 16(1):e0244984. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244984.
Amabebe E, Anumba DO. Diabetogenically beneficial gut microbiota alterations in third trimester of pregnancy. Reproduction and Fertility 2021. 2(1):R1-R12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1530/RAF-20-0034
Ikumi NM, Malaba TR, Pillay K, Cohen MC, Madlala HP, Matjila M, Anumba D, Myer L, Newell M-L, Gray CM for the PIMS Study Group Differential impact of antiretroviral therapy initiated before or during pregnancy on placenta pathology in HIV-positive women, AIDS: April 1, 2021. 35(5):717-726. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002824
Nyaaba GN, Olaleye AO, Obiyan MO, Walker O, Anumba DOC. A socio-ecological approach to understanding the factors influencing the uptake of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) in South-Western Nigeria. PLoS One 2021. 16(3):e0248412. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248412.
Parris KM, Amabebe E, Cohen MC, Anumba DO. Placental microbial-metabolite profiles and inflammatory mechanisms associated with preterm birth. J Clin Path. 2021. 74:10–18. doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206536
Amabebe E, Anumba DO. The transmembrane G protein-coupled CXCR3 receptor-ligand system and maternal foetal allograft rejection. Placenta 2020. 104:81-88. doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2020.11.003
Amabebe E, Anumba DO. Female gut and genital tract microbiota-induced crosstalk and differential effects of short-chain fatty acids on immune sequelae. Front Immunol. 2020. 11:2184. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02184
Amabebe E, Robert FO, Agbalalah T, Orubu ESF. Microbial dysbiosis-induced obesity: Role of gut microbiota in homeostasis of energy metabolism. Br. J. Nutr. 2020. 123(10):1127-1137. doi.org/10.1017/S0007114520000380
Busha TE, Coppieters Y, Mitangala NP, Vandenberg O, Vermeulen F, Harrison CM, Byl B. Analysis of Knowledge and Practice on Antibiotics Prescribing with Physicians in Hospitals Goma, RD Congo. European Modern Studies Journal 2020. 4(6):228-239. http://journal-ems.com/index.php/emsj/article/view/165
Cavanagh ME, Amabebe E, Anumba DO. Differential Cytokine and Metabolite Production by Cervicovaginal Epithelial Cells Infected with Lactobacillus crispatus and Ureaplasma urealyticum. Anaerobe 2020. 62:102101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.102101
Duffy JMN, Cairns AE, Richards-Doran D, van ’t Hooft J, Gale C, Brown M, Chappell LC, Grobman WA, Fitzpatrick R, Karumanchi SA, Khalil A, Lucas DN, Magee LA, Mol BW, Stark M, Thangaratinam S, Wilson MJ, von Dadelszen P, Williamson PR, Ziebland S, McManus RJ; the International Collaboration to Harmonise Outcomes for Pre-eclampsia (iHOPE). A core outcome set for pre-eclampsia research: an international consensus development study. BJOG: Int J Obstet Gy 2020. 127:1516-1526. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16319
Linton E, Mitchell C, Anumba D. Obesity in pregnant women: a primary care perspective on pre-conception counselling and the role of supplements. British Journal of General Practice 2020. 70 (697):417-418. DOI: 10.3399/bjgp20X712121
Amabebe E, Reynolds S, He X, Wood R, Anumba D. Infection/inflammation-associated Preterm Delivery within 14 Days of Presentation with Symptoms of Preterm Labour: a Multivariate Predictive Model. PLoS ONE. 2019, 14(9): e0222455. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222455
Gordon ACT, Lehane D, Burr J, Mitchell C. Influence of past trauma and health interactions on homeless women’s views of perinatal care: a qualitative study. Br J Gen Pract. 2019. 69(688): e760–e767. doi: 10.3399/bjgp19X705557
Haddrill R, Jones GL, Anumba D, Mitchell C. A tale of two pregnancies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of women’s perceptions about delayed initiation of antenatal care. Women and Birth 2018. 31(3):220-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.09.017