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ArticleScience advances2026

Single-cell-level digital twins for preterm birth prevention strategies.

Jakob Einhaus, Peter Neidlinger, Olivier Fondeur, Masaki Sato, Sasha Anronikov, Kotaro Miyazaki, Antoine Maechler, Jonas N Amar, Kazuo Ando, Valentin Badea and 21 more

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31 authors.

Jakob EinhausDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3450-4325
Peter NeidlingerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-9416-1498
Olivier FondeurDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-8712-4606
Masaki SatoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6724-7786
Sasha AnronikovDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7854-1809
Kotaro MiyazakiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-8440-5227
Antoine MaechlerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jonas N AmarDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Kazuo AndoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1778-1344
Valentin BadeaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3943-4637
Dyani K GaudilliereDepartment of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3017-5939
Maximilian SabayevDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-6673-1651
Dorien FeyaertsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0795-6625
Maïgane DiopDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2580-8084
Amy S TsaiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2380-6424
Amelie CambrielDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8402-8363
Edward A GanioDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1088-0377
Romain LagardeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-7948-6774
Emmeline O'KellyDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ina A StelzerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9974-4661
Julien HedouDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4721-4797
Ronald J WongDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1205-6936
Yair J BlumenfeldDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Deirdre J LyellDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Gary M ShawDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7438-4914
Tomiko T OskotskyDivision of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7393-5120
Marina SirotaBakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7246-6083
Linda C GiudiceCenter for Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1677-0822
David K StevensonDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Nima AghaeepourDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6117-8764
Brice GaudilliereDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3475-5706

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Abstract

Digital twin models can accelerate therapeutic development by enabling low-risk testing of candidate interventions. In preterm labor (PTL), a major pregnancy complication where clinical trials face ethical and financial barriers, digital twins are especially valuable for evaluating new therapies targeting immune dysfunctions driving PTL. Yet, current models lack single-cell resolution, limiting detection of cell type-specific mechanisms, off-target effects, and the design of personalized interventions. We present Simulated Immunome Modeling of Clinical Outcomes (SIMCO), a single-cell-level digital twin framework that models immunomodulatory treatment effects on the timing of labor using immunome-wide, single-cell simulations. SIMCO's digital twins are trained and validated on a newly generated mass cytometry atlas of the pregnant immunome exposed to nine candidate drugs preselected for PTL prevention. Applying SIMCO to an independent cohort of pregnant individuals, we simulate treatment effects on gestational length, screening for candidate drugs that delay labor timing and providing system-level mechanistic insight for each drug candidate. Tetrahydrofolate and the combination of aspirin and lansoprazole emerged as top candidates for PTL prevention, delaying labor onset primarily through enhanced mTOR signaling in innate immune cells and attenuated JAK/STAT signaling in naïve CD4

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Premature BirthSingle-Cell AnalysisAspirinFemaleHumansObstetric Labor, PrematurePregnancyTwinsAspirin

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