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. 2023 Sep 1;14:1250134. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1250134

TABLE 1.

Summary of literature reporting stress-induced placental and fetal growth restriction.

Age Species Placental weight Body weight Organ/Muscle weight Study
Spontaneous IUGR
Newborns Humans ↓34% Krajewski et al. (2014)
↓33% Miranda et al. (2018)
↓69% ↓80% Paolini et al. (2001)
↓34% Pecks et al. (2019)
↓13% Sharma et al. (2007)
↓12% Xiao and Li (2005)
↓12% ↓14% Souza et al. (2016)
Maternal Nutrient Restriction
Fetus Baboon ↓10% ↓7% Brain, ND Chassen et al. (2020)
Mouse ↓38% ↓48% Ganguly et al. (2016)
Rat ↓12% ↓21% Jansson et al. (2006)
↓26% Brain, ND Liver, ↓26% Sadiq et al. (1999)
↓9% ↓15% Brain, ND Kidney, ND Alkhalefah et al. (2021)
Liver, ND Heart, ND
Sheep ↓0%–32% Brain, ↓0%–9% Kidney, ↓0%–24% Sandoval et al. (2020)
Liver, ↓11%–43% Heart, ↓0%–22%
Gastrocnemius, ↓0%–30% Soleus, ↓0%–33%
L. dorsi, ↓0%–38% Fiber CSA, ↓0%–31%
↓21% Liver, ↓15% Zhang et al. (2021)
Neonate Baboon ↓10% Heart, ND Kuo et al. (2018)
Rat ↓11% Chen et al. (2016)
ND Brain, ND Liver, ND Sadiq et al. (1999)
↓14% Desai et al. (2009)
↓11% Liver, ↓14% He et al. (2018)
↓4% Gosby et al. (2009)
↓12% Tree et al. (2016)
↓36% Xing et al. (2019)
Mouse ↓8% Chisaka et al. (2015)
Maternal Overnutrition
Fetus Sheep ↓46% ↓34% Brain, ↓9% Liver, ↓36% Wallace et al. (2003)
↓26% Wallace et al. (2008)
Neonate Sheep ↓33% Wallace et al. (2008)
↓43% ↓42% Wallace et al. (2020)
Maternofetal Inflammation
Fetus Rat ↓8% Hindlimb CSA, ↓14% Cadaret et al. (2019a)
Sheep ↓22% Brain, ND Kidney, ↓23% Cadaret et al. (2019b)
Liver, ↓8% Lungs, ↓9%
Heart, ↓8%
Neonate Sheep ↓18% Brain, ND Kidney, ↓16% Posont et al. (2021)
Liver, ↓9% Lungs, ↓14%
Heart, ↓24%
Maternal Heat Stress
Fetus Sheep ↓55% ↓43% Brain, ↓14% Liver, ↓47% Brown et al. (2012)
Carcass, ↓48%
↓47% ↓40% Brown et al. (2015)
↓40% Biceps femoris, ↓45% Tibialis anterior, ↓48% Chang et al. (2019a)
Flexor dig. superficialis, ↓48% Fiber CSA, ↓37%
Fiber no., ↓32%
↓36% ↓36% Brain, ↓11% Kidney, ↓29% Chang et al. (2021)
Liver, ↓27% Lungs, ↓34%
Heart, ↓28% Pancreas, ↓21%
Spleen, ↓32% Tibialis anterior, ↓35%
Flexor dig. superficialis, ↓33% Gastrocnemius, ↓37%
Extensor dig. longus, ↓57% Soleus, ↓58%
Fiber CSA, ↓36% Fiber no., ↓40%
↓26% Brain, ↓9% Kidney, ↓24% Lacey et al. (2021)
Liver, ↓9% Lungs, ↓25%
Heart, ↓22% Hindlimb, ↓23%
Semitendinosus, ↓26% Soleus, ↓42%
Flexor dig. superficialis, ↓36% L. dorsi, ↓25%
↓58% Pancreas, ↓59% Limesand et al. (2005)
↓60% ↓55% Limesand et al. (2006)
↓40% ↓15% Brain, ND Liver, ↓22% Limesand et al. (2013)
Pancreas, ↓8%
↓38% ↓3% Brain, ND Liver, ND Macko et al. (2013)
↓68% ↓53% Brain, ↓15% Semitendinosus, ↓51% Pendleton et al. (2019)
Biceps femoris, ↓50%
Maternal Heat Stress (Cont’d)
Fetus Sheep ↓51% ↓42% Regnault et al. (2003)
↓54% ↓56% Pancreas, ↓42% Rozance et al. (2015)
↓42% ↓41% Brain, ↓14% Hindlimb, ↓46% Rozance et al. (2018)
Biceps femoris, ↓45% Gastrocnemius., ↓45%
Flexor dig. superficialis, ↓48% Tibialis anterior, ↓48%
Extensor dig. longus, ↓45%
↓36% Bicpes femoris, ↓32% Gastrocnemius., ↓32% Soto et al. (2017)
Tibialis anterior, ↓23% Soleus, ↓25%
↓60% ↓56% Liver, ↓62% Thorn et al. (2009)
↓41% ↓38% Thorn et al. (2013)
↓53% ↓35% Liver, ↓43% Heart, ↓38% Wai et al. (2018)
Kidney, ↓47% Pancreas, ↓14%
Spleen, ↓43% Biceps femoris, ↓34%
Flexor dig. superficialis, ↓48% Tibialis anterior, ↓35%
Extensor dig. longus, ↓33% Gastrocnemius, ↓37%
↓70% ↓68% Yates et al. (2014)
↓56% ↓55% Yates et al. (2016)
Neonate Sheep ↓50% ↓21% Chen et al. (2010)
↓33% Yates et al. (2019)
↓21% Brain, ND Liver, ND Cadaret et al. (2022)
Heart, ↓37% Lungs, ↓9%
Kidney, ↓13% Hindlimb, ↓32%
Flexor dig. superficialis, ↓19%
Juvenile Sheep ↓12% Brain, ND Liver, ↓13% Gibbs et al. (2021)
Heart, ↓29% Lungs, ↓29%
Kidney, ↓15% Hindlimb, ↓17%
Flexor dig. superficialis, ↓22% L. dorsi CSA, ↓14%
Fiber CSA, ↓21%
Carunclectomy
Fetus Sheep ↓65% ↓33% Brain, ↓9% Liver, ↓51% Poudel et al. (2015)
Heart, ↓36% Kidney, ↓29%
Lungs, ↓40% Pancreas, ↓32%
Spleen, ↓52%
Neonate Sheep ↓26% Fat, ND Adipocyte CSA, ND Duffield et al. (2009)
↓39% ↓25% Fat, ↑40% Semitendinosus, ↓18% De Blasio et al. (2007a)
Biceps femoris, ND Flexor capri, ↓49%
Gastrocnemius, ↓18% Tibialis anterior, ↓32%
Soleus, ND Vastus lateralis, ↓30%
Extensor dig. longus, ND
Juvenile Sheep ND Fat, ↑49% De Blasio et al. (2007b)
Uterine Artery Ligation
Fetus Rat ↓26% Brain, ND Liver, ↓26% Sadiq et al. (1999)
Sheep ↓27%–34% ↓15%–33% Brain, ↓0%–6% Liver, ↓28%–36% Lang et al. (2000)
Heart, ↓16%–31% Lungs, ↓11%–27%
↓16% Lungs, ↓10% Sutherland et al. (2012)
Neonate Rat ND Brain, ND Liver, ↓7% Sadiq et al. (1999)
Uterine Overcrowding
Neonate Pig ↓40% Brain, ↓12% Liver, ↓45% Felicioni et al. (2020)
Heart, ↓36% Semitendinosus, ↓52%
Semitendinosus CSA, ↓14% Fiber CSA, ↓16%
Fiber no., ↓32%
↓47% Niu et al. (2019)

CSA, cross-sectional area; ND, not different.