Onset of human preterm and term birth is related to unique inflammatory transcriptome profiles at the maternal fetal interface
Bukowski R, Sadovsky Y, Goodarzi H, Zhang H, Biggio JR, Varner M, Parry S, Xiao F, Esplin SM, Andrews W, Saade GR, Ilekis JV, Reddy UM, Baldwin DA. Onset of human preterm and term birth is related to unique inflammatory transcriptome profiles at the maternal fetal interface. PeerJ 2017, 5: e3685. PMID: 28879060, PMCID: PMC5582610, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3685.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal-fetal interfacePreterm birthTerm birthsFetal interfaceDownregulation of chemokinesAbsence of laborBurden of diseasePremature deliveryCesarean deliveryOverall mortalityChemokine expressionTerm laborNeonatal mortalityPregnant womenUterine fundusTerm parturitionHuman pretermPlacental functionMaternal bloodMultiple pathwaysFetal bloodPretermExpression profilesImmune rejectionImmune system