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  1. A summary of the 2023 Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ) hypertension in pregnancy guideline

    Article • The Medical Journal of Australia, May 2024, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  2. OFFSPRING: A SPRING Follow-Up Study Assessing the Efficacy of Maternal Probiotics and Allergic Disease in the Child

    Article • International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, December 2023, Karger Publishers

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  3. Habitual carbohydrate intake is not correlated with circulating β-hydroxybutyrate levels in pregnant women with overweight and obesity at 28 weeks' gestation

    Article • Diabetologia, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  4. Preventing Gestational Diabetes with a Healthy Gut Diet: Protocol for a Pilot, Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • Nutrients, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  5. Women with gestational diabetes mellitus, controlled for plasma glucose level, exhibit maternal and fetal dyslipidaemia that may warrant treatment

    Article • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, October 2023, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  6. Adverse childhood experiences, the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2023, BMJ

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  7. Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy – Diagnosis and management: A consensus statement of the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ): Executive summary

    Article • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, July 2023, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  8. Developmental vitamin D-deficiency produces autism-relevant behaviours and gut-health associated alterations in a rat model

    Article • Translational Psychiatry, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  9. The Effect of Exercise Prescription on the Human Gut Microbiota and Comparison between Clinical and Apparently Healthy Populations: A Systematic Review

    Article • Nutrients, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  10. Insufficient Evidence of a Breastmilk Microbiota at Six-Weeks Postpartum: A Pilot Study

    Article • Nutrients, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  11. Gut microbiome composition is similar between pregnant women with excess body fat with healthy and less healthy dietary intake patterns

    Article • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, January 2023, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  12. Exercise‐induced changes to the human gut microbiota and implications for colorectal cancer: a narrative review

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, November 2022, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  13. Impact of Food-Based Weight Loss Interventions on Gut Microbiome in Individuals with Obesity: A Systematic Review

    Article • Nutrients, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  14. Exploring the diets of mothers and their partners during pregnancy: Findings from the Queensland Family Cohort pilot study

    Article • Nutrition & Dietetics, March 2022, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  15. Reduced Abundance of Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria in the Oral Microbiota of Women with Future Preeclampsia

    Article • Nutrients, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  16. Consumption of a Low Carbohydrate Diet in Overweight or Obese Pregnant Women Is Associated with Longer Gestation of Pregnancy

    Article • Nutrients, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  17. Increasing pregnancy duration, fetal and early postnatal growth in LMIC: The importance of a gut microbiome that exploits dietary staples

    Article • EBioMedicine, July 2021, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  18. Maternal gut microbiota displays minor changes in overweight and obese women with GDM

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, June 2021, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  19. Probiotics for preventing gestational diabetes

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, April 2021, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  20. Capillary Triglycerides in Late Pregnancy—Challenging to Measure, Hard to Interpret: A Cohort Study of Practicality

    Article • Nutrients, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  21. Pregnant women who develop preeclampsia have lower abundance of the butyrate-producer Coprococcus in their gut microbiota

    Article • Pregnancy Hypertension, March 2021, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  22. A multi-centre, open label, randomised, parallel-group, superiority Trial to compare the efficacy of URsodeoxycholic acid with RIFampicin in the management of women with severe early onset Intrahepatic Cholestasis of pregnancy: the TURRIFIC randomised ...

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  23. Ketones in Pregnancy: Why Is It Considered Necessary to Avoid Them and What Is the Evidence Behind Their Perceived Risk?

    Article • Diabetes Care, December 2020, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  24. Dietary Fiber Intake Alters Gut Microbiota Composition but Does Not Improve Gut Wall Barrier Function in Women with Future Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

    Article • Nutrients, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  25. The Gut Microbiota and Inflammation: An Overview

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  26. Altered Gut Microbiota Composition Is Associated With Back Pain in Overweight and Obese Individuals

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, September 2020, Frontiers

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  27. Self-reported periconception weight loss attempts do not alter infant body composition

    Article • Nutrition, September 2020, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  28. The influence of wasabi on the gut microbiota of high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-induced hypertensive Wistar rats

    Article • Journal of Human Hypertension, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  29. Wasabi supplementation alters the composition of the gut microbiota of diet-induced obese rats

    Article • Journal of Functional Foods, April 2020, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  30. Pregnancy and diet-related changes in the maternal gut microbiota following exposure to an elevated linoleic acid diet

    Article • AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism, February 2020, American Physiological Society

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  31. Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Faecal Microbiota: A Randomised Clinical Trial

    Article • Nutrients, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  32. Re‐assessing microbiomes in the low‐biomass reproductive niche

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, November 2019, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  33. Glucolipotoxicity Alters Insulin Secretion via Epigenetic Changes in Human Islets

    Article • Diabetes, August 2019, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  34. Ketonuria Is Associated with Changes to the Abundance of Roseburia in the Gut Microbiota of Overweight and Obese Women at 16 Weeks Gestation: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

    Article • Nutrients, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  35. Faecal Microbiota Are Related to Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion in Overweight or Obese Adults

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  36. Probiotics for the Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Overweight and Obese Women: Findings From the SPRING Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • Diabetes Care, January 2019, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  37. Knights in Shining Armor

    Article • Circulation Research, January 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  38. Placental mitochondrial adaptations in preeclampsia associated with progression to term delivery

    Article • Cell Death and Disease, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  39. A Vegetarian Diet Is a Major Determinant of Gut Microbiota Composition in Early Pregnancy

    Article • Nutrients, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  40. Iron in multivitamins does not change the micro biome in pregnancy

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, May 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  41. Prevalence of maternal urinary ketones in pregnancy in overweight and obese women

    Article • Obstetric Medicine, December 2017, SAGE Publications

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  42. Mid-to-Late Gestational Changes in Inflammatory Gene Expression in the Rat Placenta

    Article • Reproductive Sciences, November 2017, SAGE Publications

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  43. Low dietary fiber intake increases Collinsella abundance in the gut microbiota of overweight and obese pregnant women

    Article • Gut Microbes, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  44. Contributions of the maternal oral and gut microbiome to placental microbial colonization in overweight and obese pregnant women

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  45. Review: Maternal health and the placental microbiome

    Article • Placenta, June 2017, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  46. Review: Placental mitochondrial function and structure in gestational disorders

    Article • Placenta, June 2017, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  47. Review: Placental transport and metabolism of energy substrates in maternal obesity and diabetes

    Article • Placenta, June 2017, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  48. Review: Alterations in placental glycogen deposition in complicated pregnancies: Current preclinical and clinical evidence

    Article • Placenta, June 2017, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  49. Review: Is rapid fat accumulation in early life associated with adverse later health outcomes?

    Article • Placenta, June 2017, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  50. Antibiotic treatment at delivery shapes the initial oral microbiome in neonates

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  51. Home Monitoring of Fasting and Postprandial Triglycerides in Late Pregnancy: A Pilot Study

    Article • Diabetes Care, November 2016, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  52. Increased Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Is Associated With Altered Gut Microbiota Composition and Butyrate Production in Early Pregnancy

    Article • Hypertension, October 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  53. CART is overexpressed in human type 2 diabetic islets and inhibits glucagon secretion and increases insulin secretion

    Article • Diabetologia, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  54. Connections Between the Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Hormones in Early Pregnancy in Overweight and Obese Women

    Article • Diabetes, May 2016, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  55. Successful vaginal delivery following spontaneous adrenal haemorrhage at term

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, May 2016, BMJ

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  56. Serotonin (5-HT) receptor 2b activation augments glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in human and mouse islets of Langerhans

    Article • Diabetologia, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  57. Prenatal Exposures to Multiple Thyroid Hormone Disruptors: Effects on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism

    Article • Journal of Thyroid Research, January 2016, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  58. Less pronounced response to exercise in healthy relatives to type 2 diabetic subjects compared with controls

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, November 2015, American Physiological Society

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  59. Placental lipase expression in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia: a case–control study

    Article • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  60. Altered serotonin (5-HT) 1D and 2A receptor expression may contribute to defective insulin and glucagon secretion in human type 2 diabetes

    Article • Peptides, September 2015, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  61. The rat placental renin-angiotensin system - a gestational gene expression study

    Article • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  62. Rapid method for growth hormone receptor exon 3 delete (GHRd3) SNP genotyping from archival human placental samples

    Article • Endocrine, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  63. Placental fibroblast growth factor 21 is not altered in late-onset preeclampsia

    Article • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  64. Exercise in pregnancy does not alter gestational weight gain, MCP‐1 or leptin in obese women

    Article • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, February 2015, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  65. Gestation Related Gene Expression of the Endocannabinoid Pathway in Rat Placenta

    Article • Mediators of Inflammation, January 2015, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  66. Probiotics and Pregnancy

    Article • Current Diabetes Reports, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  67. Validation of a triglyceride meter for use in pregnancy

    Article • BMC Research Notes, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  68. Maternal lipids in pre-eclampsia: innocent bystander or culprit?

    Article • Hypertension in Pregnancy, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  69. Placental Lipases in Pregnancies Complicated by Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

    Article • PLOS One, August 2014, PLOS

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  70. Effects of palmitate on genome-wide mRNA expression and DNA methylation patterns in human pancreatic islets

    Article • BMC Medicine, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  71. Normalizing Metabolism in Diabetic Pregnancy: Is It Time to Target Lipids?

    Article • Diabetes Care, April 2014, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  72. Increased Placental Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, April 2014, Endocrine Society

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  73. Differential response to lipopolysaccharide by JEG-3 and BeWo human choriocarcinoma cell lines

    Article • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  74. Periconception Weight Loss: Common Sense for Mothers, but What about for Babies?

    Article • Journal of Obesity, January 2014, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  75. The Effect of Gestational Age on Angiogenic Gene Expression in the Rat Placenta

    Article • PLOS One, December 2013, PLOS

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  76. The conundrum of eclampsia and fitness to drive

    Article • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, November 2013, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  77. DNA methylation of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP1R) in human pancreatic islets

    Article • BMC Medical Genetics, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  78. A Six Months Exercise Intervention Influences the Genome-wide DNA Methylation Pattern in Human Adipose Tissue

    Article • PLoS Genetics, June 2013, PLOS

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  79. Determinants of Maternal Triglycerides in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Metformin in Gestational Diabetes (MiG) Study

    Article • Diabetes Care, June 2013, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  80. Coordinate Changes in Histone Modifications, mRNA Levels, and Metabolite Profiles in Clonal INS-1 832/13 β-Cells Accompany Functional Adaptations to Lipotoxicity

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2013, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  81. SPRING: an RCT study of probiotics in the prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus in overweight and obese women

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  82. Insights Into the Molecular Mechanism for Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility at the KCNQ1 Locus From Temporal Changes in Imprinting Status in Human Islets

    Article • Diabetes, February 2013, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  83. Maternal and Neonatal Circulating Markers of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk in the Metformin in Gestational Diabetes (MiG) Trial

    Article • Diabetes Care, February 2013, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  84. Maternal high-fat diet alters expression of pathways of growth, blood supply and arachidonic acid in rat placenta

    Article • Journal of Nutritional Science, January 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  85. Does a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy help predict future essential hypertension? Findings from a prospective pregnancy cohort study

    Article • Journal of Human Hypertension, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  86. Probiotics: a potential role in the prevention of gestational diabetes?

    Article • Acta Diabetologica, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  87. Impact of an Exercise Intervention on DNA Methylation in Skeletal Muscle From First-Degree Relatives of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • Diabetes, November 2012, American Diabetes Association

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  88. Probiotics for preventing gestational diabetes

    Article • July 2012, Wiley

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  89. First-Degree Relatives of Type 2 Diabetic Patients Have Reduced Expression of Genes Involved in Fatty Acid Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, July 2012, Endocrine Society

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  90. Regulation of core clock genes in human islets

    Article • Metabolism, July 2012, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  91. Increased DNA Methylation and Decreased Expression of PDX-1 in Pancreatic Islets from Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • Molecular Endocrinology, July 2012, Endocrine Society

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  92. Nesfatin-1 stimulates glucagon and insulin secretion and beta cell NUCB2 is reduced in human type 2 diabetic subjects

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  93. Overweight and obesity knowledge prior to pregnancy: a survey study

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  94. Decreased expression of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation in human pancreatic islets from patients with type 2 diabetes

    Article • European Journal of Endocrinology, October 2011, Bioscientifica

    Jalal Taneera, Marloes Dekker Nitert

  95. Maternal diet and aging alter the epigenetic control of a promoter–enhancer interaction at the Hnf4a gene in rat pancreatic islets

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  96. A Common Variant in TFB1M Is Associated with Reduced Insulin Secretion and Increased Future Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • Cell Metabolism, January 2011, Elsevier

    Jalal Taneera, Marloes Dekker Nitert

  97. Epigenetics and Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  98. Insulin promoter DNA methylation correlates negatively with insulin gene expression and positively with HbA1c levels in human pancreatic islets

    Article • Diabetologia, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jalal Taneera, Marloes Dekker Nitert

  99. Apelin is expressed in human and rodent islets and regulates insulin secretion

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, September 2010, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  100. Apelin is a novel islet peptide

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, June 2010, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  101. A beta cell-specific knockout of hormone-sensitive lipase in mice results in hyperglycaemia and disruption of exocytosis

    Article • Diabetologia, November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  102. CaV1.2 rather than CaV1.3 is coupled to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1 832/13 cells

    Article • Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, April 2008, Bioscientifica

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  103. Rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase mice bred onto a pure C57BL/6J background exhibit unaltered glucose tolerance

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, September 2007, Bioscientifica

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  104. Enhanced mitochondrial metabolism may account for the adaptation to insulin resistance in islets from C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet

    Article • Diabetologia, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  105. Characterisation of receptors for IGF-I and insulin; evidence for hybrid insulin/IGF-I receptor in human coronary artery endothelial cells

    Article • Growth Hormone & IGF Research, August 2006, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert

  106. IGF-I/insulin hybrid receptors in human endothelial cells

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Marloes Dekker Nitert