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  1. Placental and intra-amniotic inflammation are associated with altered fetal immune responses at birth
  2. The Not-so-Sterile Womb: Evidence That the Human Fetus Is Exposed to Bacteria Prior to Birth
  3. Characterization of the bacterial microbiome in first‐pass meconium using propidium monoazide ( PMA ) to exclude nonviable bacterial DNA
  4. Re: “Amniotic fluid from healthy term pregnancies does not harbor a detectable microbial community” (2018) 6:87, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0475-7
  5. Profiling bacterial communities in low biomass samples: pitfalls and considerations
  6. Murine exposure to gold nanoparticles during early pregnancy promotes abortion by inhibiting ectodermal differentiation
  7. Identification and removal of contaminating microbial DNA from PCR reagents: impact on low‐biomass microbiome analyses
  8. Intracellular speciation of gold nanorods alters the conformational dynamics of genomic DNA
  9. Relationship between umbilical cord sex hormone binding globulin, sex steroids, and age at menarche: a prospective cohort study
  10. The Relationship Between Pregnancy Exposure to Antidepressant and Atypical Antipsychotic Medications and Placental Weight and Birth Weight Ratio
  11. Antenatal IL-1-dependent inflammation persists postnatally and causes retinal and sub-retinal vasculopathy in progeny
  12. Toll-like Receptor-4: A New Target for Preterm Labour Pharmacotherapies?
  13. A Critical Review of the Bacterial Baptism Hypothesis and the Impact of Cesarean Delivery on the Infant Microbiome
  14. The impact of antenatal Bisphenol A exposure on male reproductive function at 20–22 years of age
  15. Comparison of Meconium DNA Extraction Methods for Use in Microbiome Studies
  16. Intrauterine inflammatory activation, functional progesterone withdrawal, and the timing of term and preterm birth
  17. Maternal circulating adipokine profile and insulin resistance in women at high risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus
  18. Recent advances in the prevention of preterm birth
  19. Maternal-placental-fetal biodistribution of multimodal polymeric nanoparticles in a pregnant rat model in mid and late gestation
  20. Progesterone to prevent preterm birth: the studies are getting better, but there is still room for improvement
  21. Reducing preterm birth by a statewide multifaceted program: an implementation study
  22. Cord blood androgen measurements: the importance of assay validation
  23. Applying Precision Public Health to Prevent Preterm Birth
  24. Umbilical cord androgens and estrogens in relation to verbal and nonverbal abilities at age 10 in the general population
  25. Umbilical cord blood androgen levels and ASD-related phenotypes at 12 and 36 months in an enriched risk cohort study
  26. The treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy with clindamycin to reduce the risk of infection-related preterm birth: a response to the Danish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology guideline group's clinical recommendations
  27. Planting the seed: Origins, composition, and postnatal health significance of the fetal gastrointestinal microbiota
  28. IFPA meeting 2015 workshop report III: nanomedicine applications and exosome biology, xenobiotics and endocrine disruptors and pregnancy, and lipid
  29. Preclinical evaluation of drugs to block inflammation-driven preterm birth
  30. Structural and morphologic differences in human oocytes after in vitro maturation compared with standard in vitro fertilization
  31. Ureaplasma parvum genotype, combined vaginal colonisation with Candida albicans, and spontaneous preterm birth in an Australian cohort of pregnant women
  32. Early Life Events Predict Adult Testicular Function; Data Derived From the Western Australian (Raine) Birth Cohort
  33. Editorial: Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of Inflammation-Associated Preterm Birth
  34. A global survey of clinical trials in pregnancy
  35. A New, Potent, and Placenta-Permeable Macrolide Antibiotic, Solithromycin, for the Prevention and Treatment of Bacterial Infections in Pregnancy
  36. T cell cytokine responses to stimulation with Ureaplasma parvum in pregnancy
  37. Role of Wnt signalling in early pregnancy
  38. Changes in inflammatory mediators in gingival crevicular fluid following periodontal disease treatment in pregnancy: relationship to adverse pregnancy outcome
  39. Vaginal microbiota during pregnancy: Pathways of risk of preterm delivery in the absence of intrauterine infection?
  40. Testicular function in a birth cohort of young men
  41. Prenatal testosterone exposure is related to sexually dimorphic facial morphology in adulthood
  42. In vitro activity of solithromycin and its metabolites, CEM-214 and N-acetyl-CEM-101, against 100 clinical Ureaplasma spp. isolates compared with azithromycin
  43. Therapeutic and safety considerations of nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery in pregnancy
  44. The perinatal androgen to estrogen ratio and autistic-like traits in the general population: a longitudinal pregnancy cohort study
  45. In vitro maturation is associated with increased early embryo arrest without impairing morphokinetic development of useable embryos progressing to blastocysts
  46. Whole blood flow cytometric analysis of Ureaplasma-stimulated monocytes from pregnant women
  47. Drugs to Block Cytokine Signaling for the Prevention and Treatment of Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth
  48. In This Issue
  49. Paracrine communication modulates production of Wnt antagonists and COX1-mediated prostaglandins in a decidual-trophoblast co-culture model
  50. Decreased STAT3 in human idiopathic fetal growth restriction contributes to trophoblast dysfunction
  51. Intra-amniotic pharmacological blockade of inflammatory signalling pathways in an ovine chorioamnionitis model
  52. Effects of maternal n-3 fatty acid supplementation on placental cytokines, pro-resolving lipid mediators and their precursors
  53. Adult digit ratio (2D:4D) is not related to umbilical cord androgen or estrogen concentrations, their ratios or net bioactivity
  54. Perinatal Testosterone Exposure and Cerebral Lateralisation in Adult Males: Evidence for the Callosal Hypothesis
  55. Effects of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids on human placental cytokine production
  56. The Maternal Serological Response to Intrauterine Ureaplasma sp. Infection and Prediction of Risk of Pre-Term Birth
  57. Trans-placental passage and anti-inflammatory effects of solithromycin in the human placenta
  58. Perinatal testosterone exposure and cerebral lateralisation in adult males: Evidence for the callosal hypothesis
  59. Letter to the editor: "Fatty acids and placental transport: insight or in vitro artifact?"
  60. Strategies to Prevent Preterm Birth
  61. Re-analysis of the association between perinatal androgens and pragmatic language ability
  62. In vitro maturation as an alternative to standard in vitro fertilization for patients diagnosed with polycystic ovaries: a comparative analysis of fresh, frozen and cumulative cycle outcomes
  63. Effects of nanoparticle size and gestational age on maternal biodistribution and toxicity of gold nanoparticles in pregnant mice
  64. Maternal Intravenous Administration of Azithromycin Results in Significant Fetal Uptake in a Sheep Model of Second Trimester Pregnancy
  65. Re-analysis of the association between perinatal androgens and postnatal head circumference growth
  66. Repeated maternal intramuscular or intraamniotic erythromycin incompletely resolves intrauterine Ureaplasma parvum infection in a sheep model of pregnancy
  67. Maternal Intravenous Treatment with either Azithromycin or Solithromycin Clears Ureaplasma parvum from the Amniotic Fluid in an Ovine Model of Intrauterine Infection
  68. Measurement of Androgen and Estrogen Concentrations in Cord Blood: Accuracy, Biological Interpretation, and Applications to Understanding Human Behavioral Development
  69. The Relationship between Umbilical Cord Estrogens and Perinatal Characteristics
  70. Effects of cytokine-suppressive anti-inflammatory drugs on inflammatory activation in ex vivo human and ovine fetal membranes
  71. Second trimester amniotic fluid cytokine concentrations, Ureaplasma sp. colonisation status and sexual activity as predictors of preterm birth in Chinese and Australian women
  72. High-Resolution Melt PCR Analysis for Genotyping of Ureaplasma parvum Isolates Directly from Clinical Samples
  73. Polymyxin B Agonist Capture Therapy for Intrauterine Inflammation
  74. Maternal Administration of Solithromycin, a New, Potent, Broad-Spectrum Fluoroketolide Antibiotic, Achieves Fetal and Intra-Amniotic Antimicrobial Protection in a Pregnant Sheep Model
  75. The influence of antenatal exposure to phthalates on subsequent female reproductive development in adolescence: a pilot study
  76. The inflammatory state of the rat placenta increases in late gestation and is further enhanced by glucocorticoids in the labyrinth zone
  77. Maternal dietary omega-3 fatty acid intake increases resolvin and protectin levels in the rat placenta
  78. Placental ABC transporters, cellular toxicity and stress in pregnancy
  79. Umbilical Cord Blood Testosterone and Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior: A Prospective Study
  80. The association between perinatal testosterone concentration and early vocabulary development: A prospective cohort study
  81. The relationship between prenatal testosterone exposure and hemispheric asymmetry for language and spatial memory: A prospective cohort study
  82. Maternal Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Reduces Placental Oxidative Stress and Increases Fetal and Placental Growth in the Rat
  83. Effects of gestational age and surface modification on materno-fetal transfer of nanoparticles in murine pregnancy
  84. Perinatal testosterone exposure and autistic-like traits in the general population: a longitudinal pregnancy-cohort study
  85. Ceramide biosynthesis and metabolism in trophoblast syncytialization
  86. Development of a Model for Functional Studies of ABCG2 (Breast Cancer Resistance Protein) Efflux Employing a Standard BeWo Clone (B24)
  87. Fetal Testosterone, Socio-Emotional Engagement and Language Development
  88. Androgen Concentrations in Umbilical Cord Blood and Their Association with Maternal, Fetal and Obstetric Factors
  89. Sphingosine–sphingosine-1-phosphate pathway regulates trophoblast differentiation and syncytialization
  90. Sex-specific associations between umbilical cord blood testosterone levels and language delay in early childhood
  91. Oxysterols exert proinflammatory effects in placental trophoblasts via TLR4-dependent, cholesterol-sensitive activation of NF- B
  92. Inflammation of the Fetal Ovine Skin Following in utero Exposure to Ureaplasma parvum
  93. Homeobox gene Distal-less 3 (DLX3) is a regulator of villous cytotrophoblast differentiation
  94. ABCA1 and placental cholesterol efflux
  95. Maternal-amniotic-fetal distribution of macrolide antibiotics following intravenous, intramuscular, and intraamniotic administration in late pregnant sheep
  96. Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery in Pregnancy: Placental Passage and Fetal Exposure
  97. Nanotoxicology: Nanoparticles versus the placenta
  98. Pharmacological inhibition of inflammatory pathways for the prevention of preterm birth
  99. Oxysterols inhibit differentiation and fusion of term primary trophoblasts by activating liver X receptors
  100. Placental ABCA1 and ABCG1 transporters efflux cholesterol and protect trophoblasts from oxysterol induced toxicity
  101. Regulation of trophoblast migration and survival by a novel neural regeneration peptide
  102. Pharmacological inhibition of inflammatory pathways for prevention of preterm birth
  103. Inhibition of choriodecidual cytokine production and inflammatory gene expression by selective I-κB kinase (IKK) inhibitors
  104. Innate inflammatory responses of human decidual cells to periodontopathic bacteria
  105. Antioxidant Defenses in the Rat Placenta in Late Gestation: Increased Labyrinthine Expression of Superoxide Dismutases, Glutathione Peroxidase 3, and Uncoupling Protein 2
  106. IFPA Meeting 2009 Workshops Report
  107. Prevention of Inflammatory Activation of Human Gestational Membranes in an Ex Vivo Model Using a Pharmacological NF- B Inhibitor
  108. Transport of lipids by ABC proteins: Interactions and implications for cellular toxicity, viability and function
  109. Cannabinoids stimulate prostaglandin production by human gestational tissues through a tissue- and CB1-receptor-specific mechanism
  110. The ABC transporter BCRP/ABCG2 is a placental survival factor, and its expression is reduced in idiopathic human fetal growth restriction
  111. Expression, Localisation and Activity of ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Family of Drug Transporters in Human Amnion Membranes
  112. The Xenobiotic Transporter ABCG2 Plays a Novel Role in Differentiation of Trophoblast-like BeWo Cells
  113. Placental Enzymes and Transporters: New Functions and Genetic Polymorphisms – A Workshop Report
  114. Independent Regulation of Apical and Basolateral Drug Transporter Expression and Function in Placental Trophoblasts by Cytokines, Steroids, and Growth Factors
  115. Placental cytokines and preeclampsia
  116. Inflammation and normal labor
  117. Active transport across the human placenta: impact on drug efficacy and toxicity
  118. Gestational Age-Dependent Up-Regulation of Prostaglandin D Synthase (PGDS) and Production of PGDS-Derived Antiinflammatory Prostaglandins in Human Placenta
  119. Expression of TGF-β1, TGF-β2, TGF-β3 and the Receptors TGF-βRI and TGF-βRII in Placentomes of Artificially Inseminated and Nuclear Transfer Derived Bovine Pregnancies
  120. ABC drug transporter expression and functional activity in trophoblast-like cell lines and differentiating primary trophoblast
  121. Cytokines, Hypoxia, and Preeclampsia
  122. Suppressors of cytokine signaling proteins in human preterm placental tissues
  123. Nanomolar and Micromolar Effects of 15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 on Amnion-Derived WISH Epithelial Cells: Differential Roles of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors γ and δ and Nuclear Factor κB
  124. Altered Placental Lactogen and Leptin Expression in Placentomes from Bovine Nuclear Transfer Pregnancies
  125. Paradoxical Proinflammatory Actions of Interleukin-10 in Human Amnion: Potential Roles in Term and Preterm Labour
  126. HUMAN PLACENTAL GLUCURONIDATION AND TRANSPORT OF 3′AZIDO-3′-DEOXYTHYMIDINE AND URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID
  127. Insulin resistance is not due to persistently elevated serum tumor necrosis-alpha levels in small for gestational age, premature, or twin children
  128. Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Binding Proteins 1, 2, and 3 in Bovine Nuclear Transfer Pregnancies
  129. Drug Transfer and Metabolism by the Human Placenta
  130. 3′-Azido-3′-deoxythymidine (AZT) induces apoptosis and alters metabolic enzyme activity in human placenta
  131. Epithelial Cell-Derived Neutrophil-Activating Peptide-78 Is Present in Fetal Membranes and Amniotic Fluid at Increased Concentrations with Intra-amniotic Infection and Preterm Delivery
  132. Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 in fetal membranes and amniotic fluid from pregnancies with and without preterm labour and premature rupture of membranes
  133. Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL), TRAIL Receptors, and the Soluble Receptor Osteoprotegerin in Human Gestational Membranes and Amniotic Fluid during Pregnancy and Labor at Term and Preterm
  134. Cytokines, Prostaglandins and Parturition—A Review
  135. Maternal serum activin A is not elevated before preeclampsia in women who are at high risk
  136. Critical Paracrine Interactions Between TNF-  and IL-10 Regulate Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Human Choriodecidual Cytokine and Prostaglandin E2 Production
  137. Metabolizing enzyme localization and activities in the first trimester human placenta: the effect of maternal and gestational age, smoking and alcohol consumption
  138. Expression of angiogenic and neurotrophic factors in the human amnion and choriodecidua
  139. Expression of angiogenic and neurotrophic factors in the human amnion and choriodecidua
  140. Efficacy and specificity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the inhibition of cytokine-stimulated prostaglandin E2 secretion by amnion-derived WISH cells
  141. Use of cDNA arrays to generate differential expression profiles for inflammatory genes in human gestational membranes delivered at term and preterm
  142. Cytokines of the Placenta and Extra-placental Membranes: Roles and Regulation During Human Pregnancy and Parturition
  143. Cytokines of the Placenta and Extra-placental Membranes: Biosynthesis, Secretion and Roles in Establishment of Pregnancy in Women
  144. Identification of Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS) Proteins in Human Gestational Tissues: Differential Regulation Is Associated with the Onset of Labor
  145. Identification of Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS) Proteins in Human Gestational Tissues: Differential Regulation Is Associated with the Onset of Labor
  146. UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity, expression and cellular localization in human placenta at term
  147. Serum Activin A, Inhibin A, and Follistatin Concentrations in Preeclampsia or Small for Gestational Age Pregnancies
  148. Serum activin A, inhibin A, and follistatin concentrations in preeclampsia or small for gestational age pregnancies
  149. Regulation of prostaglandin production in an immortalized human myometrial cell line by cytokines and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  150. 15-deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2-induced apoptosis in amnion-like WISH cells
  151. Expression of Interleukin-1β mRNA in Murine Uterine and Gestational Tissues: Relationship with Gestational Age1
  152. Expression of prostaglandin H synthase-1 and -2 in murine intrauterine and gestational tissues from mid pregnancy until term
  153. Hypoxia Attenuates PGE2but Increases Prostacyclin and Thromboxane Production in Human Term Villous Trophoblast
  154. Predicting preterm delivery: comparison of cervicovaginal interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 with fetal fibronectin and cervical dilatation
  155. Cytosolic phospholipase A2and 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase mRNA expression in murine uterine and gestational tissues during late pregnancy
  156. Gestational age-dependent effects of lipopolysaccharide on prostaglandin production by murine decidual caps
  157. Regulation of activin a, inhibin a, and follistatin production in human amnion and choriodecidual explants by inflammatory mediators
  158. Corticotropin-releasing hormone, corticotropin-releasing hormone–binding protein, and activin A in maternal serum: Prediction of preterm delivery and response to glucocorticoids in women with symptoms of preterm labor
  159. Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in Cervicovaginal Fluid of Women Presenting with Preterm Labor: Predictive Value for Preterm Delivery
  160. The 15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2Receptor, Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor-γ (PPARγ) is Expressed in Human Gestational Tissues and is Functionally Active in JEG3 Choriocarcinoma Cells
  161. Does Leptin Exhibit Cytokine-Like Properties in Tissues of Pregnancy?
  162. Prostanoid stimulation of cytokine production in an amnion-derived cell line: evidence of a feed-forward mechanism with implications for term and preterm labor
  163. Enhanced Expression of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in Amnion with Term and Preterm Labour
  164. Cytokine-induced coordinate expression of enzymes of prostaglandin biosynthesis and metabolism: 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase
  165. Activin A Exerts both Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Effects on Human Term Gestational Tissues
  166. Cytokine abundance in placental tissues: Evidence of inflammatory activation in gestational membranes with term and preterm parturition
  167. Characterization of the amnion-derived AV3 cell line for use as a model for investigation of prostaglandin-cytokine interactions in human amnion
  168. Concentrations of activin A, inhibin A and follistatin in human amnion, choriodecidual and placental tissues at term and preterm
  169. 15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2, a Ligand for Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ, Induces Apoptosis in JEG3 Choriocarcinoma Cells
  170. Key enzymes of prostaglandin biosynthesis and metabolism. Coordinate regulation of expression by cytokines in gestational tissues: a review
  171. Regulation of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Expression by Cytokines in Human Amnion Cells
  172. Interleukin-4 differentially regulates prostaglandin production in amnion-derived WISH cells stimulated with pro-inflammatory cytokines and epidermal growth factor
  173. Expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in choriodecidua with labour and delivery at term and preterm
  174. Labor-Associated Changes in Interleukin-10 Production and Its Regulation by Immunomodulators in Human Choriodecidua
  175. Effects of interleukin-4 on the expression and activity of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-2 in amnion-derived WISH cells
  176. Comparative Studies on the Effects of Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-13 on Cytokine and Prostaglandin E2 Production by Amnion-derived WISH Cells
  177. Regulation of activin-A production by human amnion, decidua and placenta in vitro by pro-inflammatory cytokines
  178. The Effects of a Ceramide Analogue, N-acetylsphingosine, on Basal and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-Stimulated Production of Prostaglandins and Cytokines in Gestational Tissues
  179. Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 production by human amnion: regulation by cytokines, growth factors, glucocorticoids, phorbol esters, and bacterial lipopolysaccharide
  180. Regulation of Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 Production in an Amnion-derived Cell Line by Cytokines, Growth Factors, Glucocorticoids, and Phorbol Esters
  181. Prostaglandin H synthase-2 and cytosolic phospholipase A2 in the hypoxic-ischemic brain: role in neuronal death or survival?
  182. The Molecular Mechanisms of Term and Preterm Labor: Recent Progress and Clinical Implications
  183. Serum Concentrations of Human Chorionic Gonadotrophs and Immunoreactive Inhibin in Early Pregnancy and Recurrent Miscarriage: A Longitudinal Study
  184. Activin-A stimulates, while transforming growth factor β1 inhibits,chorionic gonadotrophin production and aromatase activity in cultured human placental trophoblasts
  185. Comparative regulation of inhibin, activin and human chorionic gonadotropin production by placental trophoblast cells in culture
  186. Sex Differences in Umbilical Cord Serum Levels of Inhibin, Testosterone, Oestradiol Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulphate, and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin in Human Term Neonates
  187. A radioimmunoassay for plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate incorporating placental steroid sulphatase as a hydrolysing reagent