Vicki L Clifton

Summary

Affiliation: University of Adelaide
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Effect of maternal asthma, inhaled glucocorticoids and cigarette use during pregnancy on the newborn insulin-like growth factor axis
    Vicki L Clifton
    Department of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Growth Horm IGF Res 20:39-48. 2010
  2. ncbi Developmental perturbation induced by maternal asthma during pregnancy: the short- and long-term impacts on offspring
    Vicki L Clifton
    Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Haydown Road, Elizabeth Vale, SA 5112, Australia
    J Pregnancy 2012:741613. 2012
  3. ncbi The impact of iodine supplementation and bread fortification on urinary iodine concentrations in a mildly iodine deficient population of pregnant women in South Australia
    Vicki L Clifton
    Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Nutr J 12:32. 2013
  4. ncbi Review: The feto-placental unit, pregnancy pathology and impact on long term maternal health
    V L Clifton
    The Robinson Institute, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Placenta 33:S37-41. 2012
  5. ncbi Maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by asthma in an Australian population
    Vicki L Clifton
    Department of Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
    Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 49:619-26. 2009
  6. ncbi Review: Sex and the human placenta: mediating differential strategies of fetal growth and survival
    V L Clifton
    Robinson Institute, Department of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical North, Level 6, Frome Road, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
    Placenta 31:S33-9. 2010
  7. ncbi Sex-specific associations between cortisol and birth weight in pregnancies complicated by asthma are not due to differential glucocorticoid receptor expression
    Nicolette A Hodyl
    The Robinson Institute, Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, Medical School North, Frome Road, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
    Thorax 65:677-83. 2010
  8. ncbi Fetal glucocorticoid-regulated pathways are not affected by inhaled corticosteroid use for asthma during pregnancy
    Nicolette A Hodyl
    Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, South Australia
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:716-22. 2011
  9. ncbi Sex-specific alterations in placental 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 activity and early postnatal clinical course following antenatal betamethasone
    Michael J Stark
    Robinson Institute, Dept of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Level 6 Medical School North, Univ of Adelaide, SA, Australia 5005
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 297:R510-4. 2009
  10. ncbi Circulating antioxidant profile of pregnant women with asthma
    Penelope C McLernon
    Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Clin Nutr 31:99-107. 2012

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Effect of maternal asthma, inhaled glucocorticoids and cigarette use during pregnancy on the newborn insulin-like growth factor axis
    Vicki L Clifton
    Department of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Growth Horm IGF Res 20:39-48. 2010
    ..Fetal growth varies in a sex-specific manner in response to maternal asthma during pregnancy, but the mechanisms are unclear...
  2. ncbi Developmental perturbation induced by maternal asthma during pregnancy: the short- and long-term impacts on offspring
    Vicki L Clifton
    Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Haydown Road, Elizabeth Vale, SA 5112, Australia
    J Pregnancy 2012:741613. 2012
    ..In this paper, we will discuss the evidence currently available that supports the hypothesis that children of mothers with asthma may be at risk of lifelong health complications which include diabetes and hypertension...
  3. ncbi The impact of iodine supplementation and bread fortification on urinary iodine concentrations in a mildly iodine deficient population of pregnant women in South Australia
    Vicki L Clifton
    Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Nutr J 12:32. 2013
    ..Pregnant women in this region of Australia were unlikely to reach recommended iodine levels without an iodine supplement, even after the mandatory iodine supplementation of bread was instituted in October 2009...
  4. ncbi Review: The feto-placental unit, pregnancy pathology and impact on long term maternal health
    V L Clifton
    The Robinson Institute, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Placenta 33:S37-41. 2012
    ..While most pregnancy-induced alterations to the maternal system are reversed following delivery, some can persist after parturition leading to cardiovascular, metabolic and autoimmune disease and increased risk of early mortality...
  5. ncbi Maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by asthma in an Australian population
    Vicki L Clifton
    Department of Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
    Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 49:619-26. 2009
    ..To determine if there are sex differences in risk and incidence of stillbirth, preterm delivery and small-for-gestational age (SGA) in pregnancies complicated by maternal asthma relative to a non-asthmatic population...
  6. ncbi Review: Sex and the human placenta: mediating differential strategies of fetal growth and survival
    V L Clifton
    Robinson Institute, Department of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical North, Level 6, Frome Road, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
    Placenta 31:S33-9. 2010
    ..This review will present evidence supporting this hypothesis and will argue that to ignore the sex of the placenta is no longer sound scientific practice...
  7. ncbi Sex-specific associations between cortisol and birth weight in pregnancies complicated by asthma are not due to differential glucocorticoid receptor expression
    Nicolette A Hodyl
    The Robinson Institute, Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, Medical School North, Frome Road, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
    Thorax 65:677-83. 2010
    ..It is currently unknown whether expression of the placental glucocorticoid receptor (GR) becomes altered with asthma or the use of inhaled corticosteroids...
  8. ncbi Fetal glucocorticoid-regulated pathways are not affected by inhaled corticosteroid use for asthma during pregnancy
    Nicolette A Hodyl
    Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, South Australia
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:716-22. 2011
    ..Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are currently advised for the control of asthma during pregnancy, despite the lack of evidence regarding potential systemic effects on maternal, placental, and fetal systems...
  9. ncbi Sex-specific alterations in placental 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 activity and early postnatal clinical course following antenatal betamethasone
    Michael J Stark
    Robinson Institute, Dept of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Level 6 Medical School North, Univ of Adelaide, SA, Australia 5005
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 297:R510-4. 2009
    ..A lack of adjustment in 11betaHSD2 and adrenal response may contribute to the increased incidence of poor outcome observed in preterm males...
  10. ncbi Circulating antioxidant profile of pregnant women with asthma
    Penelope C McLernon
    Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Clin Nutr 31:99-107. 2012
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  11. ncbi Prenatal programming of the innate immune response following in utero exposure to inflammation: a sexually dimorphic process?
    Nicolette A Hodyl
    The Robinson Institute, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    Expert Rev Clin Immunol 7:579-92. 2011
    ..The potential for this response to exhibit sex specificity is also explored, based on evidence of sexually dimorphic placental responses to maternal inflammation...
  12. ncbi Proteomics in asthma
    Annette Osei Kumah
    Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
    Expert Rev Clin Immunol 4:713-21. 2008
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  13. ncbi Asthma during pregnancy alters immune cell profile and airway epithelial chemokine release
    Annette Osei-Kumah
    Department of Endocrinology, Mothers and Babies Research Centre, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 1, Hunter Regional Mail Centre, Newcastle, NSW, 2310, Australia
    Inflamm Res 59:349-58. 2010
    ..The aim of the present study was to access maternal immune cell profiles in the presence and absence of asthma and to determine the effect of pregnancy-derived factors on epithelial cell function...
  14. ncbi Innate immune dysfunction in the neonatal rat following prenatal endotoxin exposure
    Nicolette A Hodyl
    School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, SA Australia
    J Neuroimmunol 204:126-30. 2008
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  15. ncbi Prenatal endotoxin exposure alters behavioural pain responses to lipopolysaccharide in adult offspring
    Nicolette A Hodyl
    School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
    Physiol Behav 100:143-7. 2010
    ..These data suggest that prenatal exposure to products associated with bacterial infection have the capacity to alter pain responses, which are evident in the adult offspring...