2019
Prediction and associations of preterm birth and its subtypes with eicosanoid enzymatic pathways and inflammatory markers
Aung M, Yu Y, Ferguson K, Cantonwine D, Zeng L, McElrath T, Pennathur S, Mukherjee B, Meeker J. Prediction and associations of preterm birth and its subtypes with eicosanoid enzymatic pathways and inflammatory markers. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 17049. PMID: 31745121, PMCID: PMC6863859, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53448-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous preterm birthPreterm birthMultiple logistic regressionCross-sectional study of pregnant womenAssociation of preterm birthCases of preterm birthStudy of pregnant womenOverall preterm birthPreterm birth casesPreterm birth outcomesCytochrome P450 metabolitesLogistic regressionOxidative stress markersAberrant placentationCross-sectional studyDelivered termCytochrome P450 productPredictive biomarkersPregnant womenPretermEicosanoid metabolitesImmune biomarkersLipoxygenase metabolitesBirth casesResolvin D1
2014
Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Associations with Biomarkers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Across Pregnancy in Puerto Rico
Ferguson K, Cantonwine D, Rivera-González L, Loch-Caruso R, Mukherjee B, Del Toro L, Jiménez-Vélez B, Calafat A, Ye X, Alshawabkeh A, Cordero J, Meeker J. Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Associations with Biomarkers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Across Pregnancy in Puerto Rico. Environmental Science And Technology 2014, 48: 7018-7025. PMID: 24845688, PMCID: PMC4066910, DOI: 10.1021/es502076j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMono-n-butyl phthalateBiomarkers of inflammationIL-10Prospective cohort study of pregnant womenDi-2-ethylhexyl phthalate metabolitesCohort study of pregnant womenIL-6Study of pregnant womenAssociated with increased IL-6Oxidative stressUrinary phthalate metabolitesC-reactive proteinProspective cohort studyAdverse birth outcomesMetabolites of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalateOxidative stress markersPreterm birthMetabolite associationsPregnant womenMono-n-butylDi-2-ethylhexyl phthalateOxidative stress biomarkersBirth outcomesTNF-aInflammation biomarkers