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IgGFc-binding protein in pregnancies complicated by spontaneous preterm delivery: a retrospective cohort study

Scientific Reports, 2021
To determine the IgGFc-binding protein (FcgammaBP) concentration in amniotic and cervical fluids in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) and preterm labor with intact membranes (PTL) and to assess the diagnostic indices of FcgammaBP to predict ...
Jaroslav Stranik, Marian Kacerovsky, Ondrej Soucek, Martina Kolackova, Ivana Musilova, Lenka Pliskova, Radka Bolehovska, Pavel Bostik, Jana Matulova, Bo Jacobsson, Ctirad Andrys   +10 more
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Defining a role for Interferon Epsilon in normal and complicated pregnancies

Heliyon, 2022
Interferon epsilon (IFNe) is a recently described cytokine that is constitutively expressed in the female reproductive tract. However, the role of this hormonally regulated cytokine during human pregnancy is poorly understood.
Derek Miller, Roberto Romero, Marian Kacerovsky, Ivana Musilova, Jose Galaz, Valeria Garcia-Flores, Yi Xu, Errile Pusod, Catherine Demery-Poulos, Pedro Gutierrez-Contreras, Tzu Ning Liu, Eunjung Jung, Kevin R. Theis, Lanetta A. Coleman, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez   +14 more
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Periodontal diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Present and future

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract For more than two decades the possible association between periodontal diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes has been extensively evaluated. Numerous observational, intervention, and mechanistic studies have offered valuable information on this topic.
Yiorgos A. Bobetsis, Mark Ide, Mervi Gürsoy, Phoebus N. Madianos   +3 more
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Intra-amniotic infection and sterile intra-amniotic inflammation are associated with elevated concentrations of cervical fluid interleukin-6 in women with spontaneous preterm labor with intact membranes

, 2022
To determine the concentration of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the cervical fluid in women with spontaneous preterm labor with intact fetal membranes (PTL) complicated by intra-amniotic infection (the presence of both microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity
Holeckova, Magdalena, Kacerovsky, Marian, Stranik, Jaroslav, Soucek, Ondrej, Andrys, Ctirad, Bolehovska, Radka, Jacobsson, Bo,, Musilova, Ivana, Matulova, Jana   +8 more
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Acute chorioamnionitis and intra-amniotic inflammation are more severe according to outside-in neutrophil migration within the same chorio-decidua

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2021
Objective: No information exists about whether acute histologic chorioamnionitis (acute-HCA) is more advanced and severe, and intra-amniotic inflammation is more frequent and intense according to outside in neutrophil migration within the same chorio ...
Jeong-Won Oh, Kyung Chul Moon, Chan-Wook Park, Joong Shin Park, Jong Kwan Jun   +4 more
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Screening of Chorioamnionitis Using Volatile Organic Compound Detection in Exhaled Breath: A Pre-clinical Proof of Concept Study

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Chorioamnionitis is a major risk factor for preterm birth and an independent risk factor for postnatal morbidity for which currently successful therapies are lacking.
Daan R. M. G. Ophelders, Daan R. M. G. Ophelders, Agnes W. Boots, Agnes W. Boots, Matthias C. Hütten, Salwan Al-Nasiry, Salwan Al-Nasiry, Reint K. Jellema, Owen B. Spiller, Frederik-Jan van Schooten, Frederik-Jan van Schooten, Agnieszka Smolinska, Agnieszka Smolinska, Tim G. A. M. Wolfs, Tim G. A. M. Wolfs   +14 more
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Intra-Amniotic Infection and Sterile Intra-Amniotic Inflammation in Cervical Insufficiency with Prolapsed Fetal Membranes: Clinical Implications

, 2021
The aim of this study was to identify the rates of 2 phenotypes of intra-amniotic inflammation: intra-amniotic infection (with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity [MIAC]) and sterile intra-amniotic inflammation (without MIAC), and their outcomes ...
Kacerovsky, Marian, Stranik, Jaroslav, Jacobsson, Bo,, Musilova, Ivana, Gregor, Miroslav, Maly, Jan, Chalupska, Martina   +6 more
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Eukaryote-Made Thermostable DNA Polymerase Enables Rapid PCR-Based Detection of Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma and Other Bacteria in the Amniotic Fluid of Preterm Labor Cases. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Intra-amniotic infection has long been recognized as the leading cause of preterm delivery. Microbial culture is the gold standard for the detection of intra-amniotic infection, but several days are required, and many bacterial species in the amniotic ...
Tomohiro Ueno, Hideki Niimi, Noriko Yoneda, Satoshi Yoneda, Masashi Mori, Homare Tabata, Hiroshi Minami, Shigeru Saito, Isao Kitajima   +8 more
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Changes in the Intra-Amniotic Pressure following Transabdominal Amnioinfusion during Pregnancy

Biomedicine Hub, 2021
Objective: The aim of the article was to investigate the changes in intra-amniotic pressure following transabdominal amnioinfusion during pregnancy. Design: This retrospective study included 19 pregnant women who underwent transabdominal amnioinfusion ...
Daisuke Katsura, Yuichiro Takahashi, Shigenori Iwagaki, Rika Chiaki, Kazuhiko Asai, Masako Koike, Takashi Murakami   +6 more
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Reference values for interleukin‐6 in the amniotic fluid of asymptomatic pregnant women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Nowadays, proinflammatory factors are considered to play an important role in the pathophysiology of threatened preterm labor or chorioamnionitis.
Ester delBarco, Clara Franco‐Jarava, Mireia Vargas, Nerea Maíz, Silvia Arevalo, Maria Ángeles Sánchez, Maria Teresa Avilés, Carlota Rodó, Manel Mendoza, Maria Goya, Manuel Hernández‐González, Elena Carreras   +11 more
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