PMID- 28328066 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180102 LR - 20180403 IS - 1600-0897 (Electronic) IS - 1046-7408 (Linking) VI - 77 IP - 5 DP - 2017 May TI - Maternal obesity and inflammatory mediators: A controversial association. LID - 10.1111/aji.12674 [doi] AB - The link between maternal obesity and inflammatory mediators is still unclear. Our aim was to summarize the main findings of recently published studies on this topic. We performed a search in Medline for studies published in the last years on obesity, human pregnancy, and inflammatory mediators. We report the findings of 30 studies. The characteristics and number of participants, study design, gestational age at sample collection, and type of sample varied widely. Approximately two-thirds of them investigated more than one mediator, and 50% included participants in only one trimester of pregnancy. The most frequently investigated mediators were leptin, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interleukin (IL)-6. Almost all studies reported an association between maternal obesity, leptin, and C-reactive protein (CRP) serum levels but not with IL-1beta and IL-10. The association of IL-6, TNF-alpha, monocyte chemo-attractant protein-1 (MCP-1), adiponectin, and resistin with maternal obesity is still controversial. To clarify the physiopathological link between maternal obesity and inflammation, more high-quality studies are needed. CI - (c) 2017 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Pendeloski, Karen Priscilla Tezotto AU - Pendeloski KPT AD - Department of Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Ono, Erika AU - Ono E AD - Department of Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Torloni, Maria Regina AU - Torloni MR AD - Department of Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Mattar, Rosiane AU - Mattar R AD - Department of Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Daher, Silvia AU - Daher S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5312-7804 AD - Department of Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20170322 PL - Denmark TA - Am J Reprod Immunol JT - American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) JID - 8912860 RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) SB - IM MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/*complications MH - Inflammation Mediators/*analysis MH - Obesity/*complications MH - Pregnancy MH - *Pregnancy Complications OTO - NOTNLM OT - adipokine OT - cytokine OT - inflammatory mediator OT - maternal obesity OT - pregnancy EDAT- 2017/03/23 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/03 06:00 CRDT- 2017/03/23 06:00 PHST- 2017/01/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/02/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/aji.12674 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Reprod Immunol. 2017 May;77(5). doi: 10.1111/aji.12674. Epub 2017 Mar 22.