Longitudinal Profiling of Inflammatory Cytokines and C‐reactive Protein during Uncomplicated and Preterm Pregnancy
Ferguson K, McElrath T, Chen Y, Mukherjee B, Meeker J. Longitudinal Profiling of Inflammatory Cytokines and C‐reactive Protein during Uncomplicated and Preterm Pregnancy. American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology 2014, 72: 326-336. PMID: 24807462, PMCID: PMC4573571, DOI: 10.1111/aji.12265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthC-reactive proteinAssociated with increased oddsInflammation markersAssociated with increased odds of spontaneous preterm birthIL-10Associated with increased risk of preterm birthOdds of spontaneous preterm birthEtiology of preterm deliveryPredictors of preterm birthIL-6Risk of preterm birthPreterm premature ruptureSpontaneous preterm laborSpontaneous preterm birthIntrauterine growth restrictionNested case-control studyProfile of inflammatory cytokinesAssociated with increased riskCase-control studyPreterm laborPreterm pregnanciesPreterm deliveryGestational agePremature rupture