ReviewPloS one2014
Pathway analysis of genetic factors associated with spontaneous preterm birth and pre-labor preterm rupture of membranes.
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- Proteomic analysis of plasma to identify novel biomarkers for intra-amniotic infection and/or inflammation in preterm premature rupture of membranes.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The microRNA Cargo of Human Vaginal Extracellular Vesicles Differentiates Parasitic and Pathobiont Infections from Colonization by Homeostatic Bacteria.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Genetics, epigenetics, and transcriptomics of preterm birth.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2022Review
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- The Role of IL-27 in the Systemic Inflammatory Response That Accompanies Preterm Labour.Inflammation · 2022Article
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- Genome and transcriptome profiling of spontaneous preterm birth phenotypes.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Metabolic profiling of maternal serum of women at high-risk of spontaneous preterm birth using NMR and MGWAS approach.Bioscience reports · 2021Article
- Preterm birth and genitourinary tract infections: assessing gene-environment interaction.Pediatric research · 2021Article
- Spontaneous preterm birth: the underpinnings in the maternal and fetal genomes.NPJ genomic medicine · 2021Review
- Current and Emerging Strategies for Prediction and Diagnosis of Prelabour Rupture of the Membranes: A Narrative Review.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundPre-term birth (PTB) remains the leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity. Its etiology is multifactorial, with a strong genetic component. Genetic predisposition for the two subtypes, spontaneous PTB with intact membranes (sPTB) and preterm prelabor rapture of membranes (PPROM), and differences between them, have not yet been systematically summarised. METHODS AND
findingsOur literature search identified 15 association studies conducted in 3,600 women on 2175 SNPs in 274 genes. We used Ingenuity software to impute gene pathways and networks related to sPTB and PPROM. Detailed insight in the defined functional ontologies clearly separated integrated datasets for sPTB and PPROM. Our analysis of upstream regulators of genes suggests that glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1), peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARG) and interferon regulating factor 3 (IRF3) may be sPTB specific. PPROM-specific genes may be regulated by estrogen receptor2 (ESR2) and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT1). The inflammatory transcription factor NFκB is linked to both sPTB and PPROM, however, their inflammatory response is distinctly different.
conclusionsBased on our analyses, we propose an autoimmune/hormonal regulation axis for sPTB, whilst pathways implicated in the etiology of PPROM include hematologic/coagulation function disorder, collagen metabolism, matrix degradation and local inflammation. Our hypothesis generating study has identified new candidate genes in the pathogenesis of PPROM and sPTB, which should be validated in large cohorts.
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