Preterm Birth, Infection, and Inflammation Advances From the Study of Animal Models

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Activation of TLR3 in the Trophoblast is Associated with Preterm Delivery

(2010) Kaori Koga et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Ureaplasma colonization of amniotic fluid and efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm lung maturation in sheep

(2009) Timothy J.M. Moss et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

The adaptor protein MyD88 is essential for E coli–induced preterm delivery in mice

(2009) Yana Filipovich et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Are animal models relevant to key aspects of human parturition?

(2009) Bryan F. Mitchell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Maternal Endotoxin-Induced Preterm Birth in Mice: Fetal Responses in Toll-Like Receptors, Collectins, and Cytokines

(2009) Annamari Salminen et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Choriodecidual Inflammation: A Harbinger of the Preterm Labor Syndrome

(2009) Peta L. Grigsby et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Ureaplasma parvum or Mycoplasma hominis as Sole Pathogens Cause Chorioamnionitis, Preterm Delivery, and Fetal Pneumonia in Rhesus Macaques

(2009) Miles J. Novy et al.   Reproductive Sciences

NF-κB in inflammatory bowel disease

(2008) I. Atreya et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Inflammatory processes in preterm and term parturition

(2008) Inge Christiaens et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Epidemiology and causes of preterm birth

(2008) Robert L Goldenberg et al.   LANCET

Pretreatment With Toll-like Receptor 4 Antagonist Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Preterm Uterine Contractility, Cytokines, and Prostaglandins in Rhesus Monkeys

(2008) Kristina M. Adams Waldorf et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Prenatal inflammation and lung development

(2008) Boris W. Kramer et al.   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine