2011
624: A functional role for TLR4 adaptor protein, soluble myeloid differentiation factor (sMD)-2, in modulating the fetal inflammatory response in infection induced preterm birth (PTB)
Dulay A, Buhimschi C, Lee S, Abdel-Razeq S, Zhao G, Han C, Shook L, Buhimschi I. 624: A functional role for TLR4 adaptor protein, soluble myeloid differentiation factor (sMD)-2, in modulating the fetal inflammatory response in infection induced preterm birth (PTB). American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2011, 204: s248. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.10.644.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Fetal inflammatory response in women with proteomic biomarkers characteristic of intra‐amniotic inflammation and preterm birth
Buhimschi C, Dulay A, Abdel‐Razeq S, Zhao G, Lee S, Hodgson E, Bhandari V, Buhimschi I. Fetal inflammatory response in women with proteomic biomarkers characteristic of intra‐amniotic inflammation and preterm birth. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2008, 116: 257-267. PMID: 18947340, PMCID: PMC3791329, DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01925.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-onset neonatal sepsisCord blood IL-6 levelsBlood IL-6 levelsIntra-amniotic inflammationIL-6 levelsIL-6 ratioFetal inflammatory responseInflammatory statusCord bloodInflammatory responseProteomic biomarkersGestational ageAF IL-6 levelsCord blood IL-6Tertiary referral university hospitalAmniotic fluid biomarkersProspective observational cohortBlood IL-6Neonates of womenInterleukin-6 levelsReferral university hospitalIntra-amniotic infectionEarlier gestational ageDifferential inflammatory responsePositive blood cultures