Publications-RPS Faculty

January-December 2016


Husam M Abu-Soud, Ph.D.

  1. Jeelani R, Bluth MH, Abu-Soud HM. Toxicology in Reproductive Endocrinology. Clin Lab Med. 2016 Dec;36(4):709-720. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2016.07.011. Review. PMID: 27842788
  2. Shaeib F, Khan SN, Thakur M, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Drewlo S, Saed GM, Pennathur S, Abu-Soud HM. The Impact of Myeloperoxidase and Activated Macrophages on Metaphase II Mouse Oocyte Quality. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 16;11(3):e0151160. PMID: 26982351
  3. Khan SN, Shaeib F, Thakur M, Jeelani R, Awonuga AO, Goud PT, Abu-Soud HM. Peroxynitrite deteriorates oocyte quality through disassembly of microtubule organizing centers. Free Radic Biol Med. 2016 Feb;91:275-80. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.12.033. PMID: 26746586
  4. Shaeib F, Khan SN, Ali I, Thakur M, Saed MG, Dai J, Awonuga AO, Banerjee J, Abu-Soud HM. The Defensive Role of Cumulus Cells Against Reactive Oxygen Species Insult in Metaphase II Mouse Oocytes. Reprod Sci. 2016 Apr;23(4):498-507. PMID: 26468254

D. Randall Armant, Ph.D.

  1. Jain CV, Kadam L, van Dijk M, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Kilburn BA, Hartman C, Mazzorana V, Visser A, Hertz M, Bolnick AD, Fritz R, Armant DR, Drewlo S. Fetal genome profiling at 5 weeks of gestation after noninvasive isolation of trophoblast cells from the endocervical canal. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Nov 2;8(363):363re4. PMID: 27807286
  2. Jain CV, Jessmon P, Kilburn BA, Jodar M, Sendler E, Krawetz SA, Armant DR. Regulation of HBEGF by Micro-RNA for Survival of Developing Human Trophoblast Cells. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 4;11(10):e0163913. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163913. PMID: 27701455
  3. Bolnick JM, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Fritz R, Bolnick AD, Kilburn BA, Diamond MP, Armant DR, Drewlo S. Altered Biomarkers in Trophoblast Cells Obtained Noninvasively Prior to Clinical Manifestation of Perinatal Disease. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 23;6:32382. PMID: 27660926
  4. Bolnick AD, Bolnick JM, Kilburn BA, Stewart T, Oakes J, Rodriguez-Kovacs J, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Dai J, Diamond MP, Hirota Y, Drewlo S, Dey SK, Armant DR; NICHD National Cooperative Reproductive Medicine Network. Reduced homeobox protein MSX1 in human endometrial tissue is linked to infertility. Hum Reprod. 2016 Sep;31(9):2042-50. PMID: 27312535
  5. Bolnick AD, Fritz R, Jain C, Kadam L, Bolnick JM, Kilburn BA, Singh M, Diamond MP, Drewlo S, Armant DR. Trophoblast Retrieval and Isolation From the Cervix for Noninvasive, First Trimester, Fetal Gender Determination in a Carrier of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Reprod Sci. 2016 Feb 25. pii: 1933719116632922. PMID: 26919977
  6. Kohan-Ghadr HR, Kadam L, Jain C, Armant DR, Drewlo S. Potential role of epigenetic mechanisms in regulation of trophoblast differentiation, migration, and invasion in the human placenta. Cell Adh Migr. 2016 Jan 8:0. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26745760

Jennifer C. Condon, Ph.D.

  1. Ramnarayanan S, Kyathanahalli C, Ingles J, Park-York M, Jeyasuria P, Condon JC. The Unfolded Protein Response Regulates Uterine Myocyte Antioxidant Responsiveness During Pregnancy. Biol Reprod. 2016 Dec;95(6):120. PMID: 27733380
  2. Wei L, Lopez GH, Ji Y, Condon JA, Irwin DL, Luo G, Hyland CA, Flower RL. Genotyping for Glycophorin GYP(B-A-B) Hybrid Genes Using a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Algorithm by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionisation, Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Mol Biotechnol. 2016 Oct;58(10):665-71. doi: 10.1007/s12033-016-9966-6. PMID: 27435823
  3. Menon R, Bonney EA, Condon J, Mesiano S, Taylor RN. Novel concepts on pregnancy clocks and alarms: redundancy and synergy in human parturition. Hum Reprod Update. 2016 Sep;22(5):535-60. PMID: 27363410
  4. Lopez GH, Wei L, Ji Y, Condon JA, Luo G, Hyland CA, Flower RL. GYP*Kip, a novel GYP(B-A-B) hybrid allele, encoding the MNS48 (KIPP) antigen. Transfusion. 2016 Feb;56(2):539-41. doi: 10.1111/trf.13450. PMID: 26718482

Sascha Drewlo, Ph.D.

  1. Jain CV, Kadam L, van Dijk M, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Kilburn BA, Hartman C, Mazzorana V, Visser A, Hertz M, Bolnick AD, Fritz R, Armant DR, Drewlo S. Fetal genome profiling at 5 weeks of gestation after noninvasive isolation of trophoblast cells from the endocervical canal. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Nov 2;8(363):363re4. PMID: 27807286
  2. Bolnick JM, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Fritz R, Bolnick AD, Kilburn BA, Diamond MP, Armant DR, Drewlo S. Altered Biomarkers in Trophoblast Cells Obtained Noninvasively Prior to Clinical Manifestation of Perinatal Disease. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 23;6:32382. doi: 10.1038/srep32382. PMID: 27660926
  3. Roifman M, Choufani S, Turinsky AL, Drewlo S, Keating S, Brudno M, Kingdom J, Weksberg R. Genome-wide placental DNA methylation analysis of severely growth-discordant monochorionic twins reveals novel epigenetic targets for intrauterine growth restriction. Clin Epigenetics. 2016 Jun 21;8:70. doi: 10.1186/s13148-016-0238-x. PMID: 27330572
  4. Bolnick AD, Bolnick JM, Kilburn BA, Stewart T, Oakes J, Rodriguez-Kovacs J, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Dai J, Diamond MP, Hirota Y, Drewlo S, Dey SK, Armant DR; NICHD National Cooperative Reproductive Medicine Network. Reduced homeobox protein MSX1 in human endometrial tissue is linked to infertility. Hum Reprod. 2016 Sep;31(9):2042-50. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dew143. PMID: 27312535
  5. Shaeib F, Khan SN, Thakur M, Kohan-Ghadr HR, Drewlo S, Saed GM, Pennathur S, Abu-Soud HM. The Impact of Myeloperoxidase and Activated Macrophages on Metaphase II Mouse Oocyte Quality. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 16;11(3):e0151160. PMID: 26982351
  6. Bolnick AD, Fritz R, Jain C, Kadam L, Bolnick JM, Kilburn BA, Singh M, Diamond MP, Drewlo S, Armant DR. Trophoblast Retrieval and Isolation From the Cervix for Noninvasive, First Trimester, Fetal Gender Determination in a Carrier of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Reprod Sci. 2016 Feb 25. pii: 1933719116632922. PMID: 26919977
  7. Xu Y, Romero R, Miller D, Kadam L, Mial TN, Plazyo O, Garcia-Flores V, Hassan SS, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Drewlo S, Gomez-Lopez N. An M1-like Macrophage Polarization in Decidual Tissue during Spontaneous Preterm Labor That Is Attenuated by Rosiglitazone Treatment. J Immunol. 2016 Feb 17. PMID: 26889045
  8. Van Mieghem T, Doherty A, Baczyk D, Drewlo S, Baud D, Carvalho J, Kingdom J. Apelin in Normal Pregnancy and Pregnancies Complicated by Placental Insufficiency. Reprod Sci. 2016 Feb 14. PMID: 26880769
  9. Kohan-Ghadr HR, Kadam L, Jain C, Armant DR, Drewlo S. Potential role of epigenetic mechanisms in regulation of trophoblast differentiation, migration, and invasion in the human placenta. Cell Adh Migr. 2016 Jan 8:0. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26745760
  10. St Louis D, Romero R, Plazyo O, Arenas-Hernandez M, Panaitescu B, Xu Y, Milovic T, Xu Z, Bhatti G, Mi QS, Drewlo S, Tarca AL, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Invariant NKT Cell Activation Induces Late Preterm Birth That Is Attenuated by Rosiglitazone. J Immunol. 2016 Jan 6. pii: 1501962. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26740111
  11. Li Q, Gomez-Lopez N, Drewlo S, Sanchez-Rodriguez E, Dai J, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Development and Validation of a Rex1-RFP Potency Activity Reporter Assay That Quantifies Stress-Forced Potency Loss in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells Dev. 2016 Jan 29. PMID: 26651054

Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Ph.D.

 

  1. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Unkel R, Shaman M, Jacques SM, Panaitescu B, Garcia-Flores V, Hassan SS. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in the Amniotic Cavity of Women with Intra-Amniotic Infection: A New Mechanism of Host Defense. Reprod Sci. 2016 Nov 23. pii: 1933719116678690. PMID: 27884950
  2. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Plazyo O, Unkel R, Than NG, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiworapongsa T, Dong Z, Tarca AL, Abrahams VM, Yeo L, Hassan SS. A Role for the Inflammasome in Spontaneous Labor at Term with Acute Histologic Chorioamnionitis. Reprod Sci. 2016 Jan 1:1933719116675058. doi: 10.1177/1933719116675058. PMID: 27852921
  3. Plazyo O, Romero R, Unkel R, Balancio A, Mial TN, Xu Y, Dong Z, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. HMGB1 Induces an Inflammatory Response in the Chorioamniotic Membranes That Is Partially Mediated by the Inflammasome. Biol Reprod. 2016 Dec;95(6):130. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.116.144139. PMID: 27806943
  4. Martinez-Varea A, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Ahmed AI, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiyasit N, Yeo L, Shaman M, Lannaman K, Cher B, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VII: the amniotic fluid cellular immune response. J Perinat Med. 2016 Oct 20. pii: /j/jpme.ahead-of-print/jpm-2016-0225/jpm-2016-0225.xml. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2016-0225. PMID: 27763883
  5. Yang Y, Arenas-Hernandez M, Gomez-Lopez N, Dai J, Parker GC, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Hypoxic Stress Forces Irreversible Differentiation of a Majority of Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells Despite FGF4. Biol Reprod. 2016 Nov;95(5):110. PMID: 27683262
  6. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Arenas-Hernandez M, Ahn H, Panaitescu B, Vadillo-Ortega F, Sanchez-Torres C, Salisbury KS, Hassan SS. In vivo T-cell activation by a monoclonal αCD3ε antibody induces preterm labor and birth. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Nov;76(5):386-390. doi: 10.1111/aji.12562. PMID: 27658719
  7. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Unkel R, C MacKenzie T, Frascoli M, Hassan SS. Umbilical cord CD71+ erythroid cells are reduced in neonates born to women in spontaneous preterm labor. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Oct;76(4):280-4. doi: 10.1111/aji.12556. PMID: 27625200
  8. Mohammadi M, Li Y, Abebe DG, Xie Y, Kandil R, Kraus T, Gomez-Lopez N, Fujiwara T, Merkel OM. Folate receptor targeted three-layered micelles and hydrogels for gene delivery to activated macrophages. J Control Release. 2016 Dec 28;244(Pt B):269-279. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.08.020. PMID: 27565213
  9. Furcron AE, Romero R, Mial TN, Balancio A, Panaitescu B, Hassan SS, Sahi A, Nord C, Gomez-Lopez N. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Has Anti-Inflammatory Effects at the Maternal-Fetal Interface and Prevents Endotoxin-Induced Preterm Birth, but Causes Dystocia and Fetal Compromise in Mice. Biol Reprod. 2016 May 4. PMID: 27146032
  10. Romero R, Xu Y, Plazyo O, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiworapongsa T, Unkel R, Than NG, Chiang PJ, Dong Z, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Abrahams VM, Hassan SS, Yeo L, Gomez-Lopez N. A Role for the Inflammasome in Spontaneous Labor at Term. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Mar 8. doi: 10.1111/aji.12440. PMID: 26952361
  11. Xu Y, Romero R, Miller D, Kadam L, Mial TN, Plazyo O, Garcia-Flores V, Hassan SS, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Drewlo S, Gomez-Lopez N. An M1-like Macrophage Polarization in Decidual Tissue during Spontaneous Preterm Labor That Is Attenuated by Rosiglitazone Treatment. J Immunol. 2016 Feb 17. PMID: 26889045
  12. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Plazyo O, Panaitescu B, Furcron AE, Miller D, Roumayah T, Flom E, Hassan SS. Intra-Amniotic Administration of HMGB1 Induces Spontaneous Preterm Labor and Birth. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Jan;75(1):3-7. doi: 10.1111/aji.12443. PMID: 26781934
  13. St Louis D, Romero R, Plazyo O, Arenas-Hernandez M, Panaitescu B, Xu Y, Milovic T, Xu Z, Bhatti G, Mi QS, Drewlo S, Tarca AL, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Invariant NKT Cell Activation Induces Late Preterm Birth That Is Attenuated by Rosiglitazone. J Immunol. 2016 Jan 6. pii: 1501962. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26740111
  14. Li Q, Gomez-Lopez N, Drewlo S, Sanchez-Rodriguez E, Dai J, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Development and Validation of a Rex1-RFP Potency Activity Reporter Assay That Quantifies Stress-Forced Potency Loss in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells Dev. 2016 Jan 29. PMID: 26651054
  15. Gomez-Lopez N, Olson DM, Robertson SA. Interleukin-6 controls uterine Th9 cells and CD8(+) T regulatory cells to accelerate parturition in mice. Immunol Cell Biol. 2016 Jan;94(1):79-89. PMID: 26073576

John H Hannigan, Ph.D.

  1. Callan SP, Hannigan JH, Bowen SE. Prenatal toluene exposure impairs performance in the Morris Water Maze in adolescent rats. Neuroscience. 2015 Aug 28. pii: S0306-4522(15)00782-4. PMID: 26318334
  2. Hannigan JH, Chiodo LM, Sokol RJ, Janisse J, Delaney-Black V. Prenatal alcohol exposure selectively enhances young adult perceived pleasantness of alcohol odors. Physiol Behav. 2015 Sep 1;148:71-7. PMID: 25600468

 

John H Hannigan, Ph.D.

  1. Maslowsky J, Schulenberg J, Chiodo LM, Hannigan JH, Greenwald MK, Janisse J, Sokol RJ, Delaney-Black V. Parental Support, Mental Health, and Alcohol and Marijuana Use in National and High-Risk African-American Adolescent Samples. Subst Abuse. 2016 Jan 11;9(Suppl 1):11-20. PMID: 26843811

Sonia Hassan, M.D.

  1. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Unkel R, Shaman M, Jacques SM, Panaitescu B, Garcia-Flores V, Hassan SS. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in the Amniotic Cavity of Women with Intra-Amniotic Infection: A New Mechanism of Host Defense. Reprod Sci. 2016 Nov 23. pii: 1933719116678690. PMID: 27884950
  2. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Plazyo O, Unkel R, Than NG, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiworapongsa T, Dong Z, Tarca AL, Abrahams VM, Yeo L, Hassan SS. A Role for the Inflammasome in Spontaneous Labor at Term with Acute Histologic Chorioamnionitis. Reprod Sci. 2016 Jan 1:1933719116675058. PMID: 27852921
  3. Plazyo O, Romero R, Unkel R, Balancio A, Mial TN, Xu Y, Dong Z, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. HMGB1 Induces an Inflammatory Response in the Chorioamniotic Membranes That Is Partially Mediated by the Inflammasome. Biol Reprod. 2016 Dec;95(6):130. PMID: 27806943
  4. Tarca AL, Hernandez-Andrade E, Ahn H, Garcia M, Xu Z, Korzeniewski SJ, Saker H, Chaiworapongsa T, Hassan SS, Yeo L, Romero R. Single and Serial Fetal Biometry to Detect Preterm and Term Small- and Large-for-Gestational-Age Neonates: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2016 Nov 1;11(11):e0164161. PMID: 27802270
  5. Martinez-Varea A, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Ahmed AI, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiyasit N, Yeo L, Shaman M, Lannaman K, Cher B, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VII: the amniotic fluid cellular immune response. J Perinat Med. 2016 Oct 20. pii: /j/jpme.ahead-of-print/jpm-2016-0225/jpm-2016-0225.xml. PMID: 27763883
  6. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Arenas-Hernandez M, Ahn H, Panaitescu B, Vadillo-Ortega F, Sanchez-Torres C, Salisbury KS, Hassan SS. In vivo T-cell activation by a monoclonal αCD3ε antibody induces preterm labor and birth. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Nov;76(5):386-390. PMID: 27658719
  7. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Unkel R, C MacKenzie T, Frascoli M, Hassan SS. Umbilical cord CD71+ erythroid cells are reduced in neonates born to women in spontaneous preterm labor. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Oct;76(4):280-4. PMID: 27625200
  8. Neelavalli J, Krishnamurthy U, Jella PK, Mody SS, Yadav BK, Hendershot K, Hernandez-Andrade E, Yeo L, Cabrera MD, Haacke EM, Hassan SS, Romero R. Magnetic resonance angiography of fetal vasculature at 3.0 T. Eur Radiol. 2016 Dec;26(12):4570-4576. PMID: 27189488
  9. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Korzeniewski SJ, Chaemsaithong P, Hernandez-Andrade E, Segars JH, DeCherney AH, McCoy MC, Kim CJ, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Pravastatin for the prevention of adverse pregnancy outcome: preeclampsia and more? J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Jan;30(1):3. PMID: 27161513
  10. Furcron AE, Romero R, Mial TN, Balancio A, Panaitescu B, Hassan SS, Sahi A, Nord C, Gomez-Lopez N. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Has Anti-Inflammatory Effects at the Maternal-Fetal Interface and Prevents Endotoxin-Induced Preterm Birth, but Causes Dystocia and Fetal Compromise in Mice. Biol Reprod. 2016 Jun;94(6):136. PMID: 27146032
  11. Mazaki-Tovi S, Tarca AL, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic JP, Than NG, Chaiworapongsa T, Dong Z, Hassan SS, Romero R. Characterization of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue transcriptome in pregnant women with and without spontaneous labor at term: implication of alternative splicing in the metabolic adaptations of adipose tissue to parturition. J Perinat Med. 2016 Oct 1;44(7):813-835. PMID: 26994472
  12. Romero R, Xu Y, Plazyo O, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiworapongsa T, Unkel R, Than NG, Chiang PJ, Dong Z, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Abrahams VM, Hassan SS, Yeo L, Gomez-Lopez N. A Role for the Inflammasome in Spontaneous Labor at Term. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Mar 8. PMID: 26952361
  13. Xu Y, Romero R, Miller D, Kadam L, Mial TN, Plazyo O, Garcia-Flores V, Hassan SS, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Drewlo S, Gomez-Lopez N. An M1-like Macrophage Polarization in Decidual Tissue during Spontaneous Preterm Labor That Is Attenuated by Rosiglitazone Treatment. J Immunol. 2016 Mar 15;196(6):2476-91. PMID: 26889045
  14. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Plazyo O, Panaitescu B, Furcron AE, Miller D, Roumayah T, Flom E, Hassan SS. Intra-Amniotic Administration of HMGB1 Induces Spontaneous Preterm Labor and Birth. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Jan;75(1):3-7. PMID: 26781934
  15. St Louis D, Romero R, Plazyo O, Arenas-Hernandez M, Panaitescu B, Xu Y, Milovic T, Xu Z, Bhatti G, Mi QS, Drewlo S, Tarca AL, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Invariant NKT Cell Activation Induces Late Preterm Birth That Is Attenuated by Rosiglitazone. J Immunol. 2016 Feb 1;196(3):1044-59. PMID: 26740111
  16. Korzeniewski SJ, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Chaemsaithong P, Kim CJ, Kim YM, Kim JS, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Yeo L. Maternal plasma angiogenic index-1 (placental growth factor/soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1) is a biomarker for the burden of placental lesions consistent with uteroplacental underperfusion: a longitudinal case-cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 May;214(5):629.e1-629.e17. PMID: 26688491
  17. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Docheva N, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Bhatti G, Xu Z, Kusanovic JP, Chaiyasit N, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L, Kim YM. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term V: umbilical cord plasma cytokine profile in the context of a systemic maternal inflammatory response. J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):53-76. PMID: 26360486
  18. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Docheva N, Korzeniewski SJ, Kusanovic JP, Yoon BH, Kim JS, Chaiyasit N, Ahmed AI, Qureshi F, Jacques SM, Kim CJ, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L, Kim YM.  Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VI: acute chorioamnionitis and funisitis according to the presence or absence of microorganisms and inflammation in the amniotic cavity. J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):33-51. PMID: 26352071
  19. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Docheva N, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Bhatti G, Xu Z, Kusanovic JP, Dong Z, Chaiyasit N, Ahmed AI, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term IV: the maternal plasma cytokine profile. J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):77-98. PMID: 26352068
  20. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Whitten AE, Korzeniewski SJ, Chaemsaithong P, Hernandez-Andrade E, Yeo L, Hassan SS. The use of angiogenic biomarkers in maternal blood to identify which SGA fetuses will require a preterm delivery and mothers who will develop pre-eclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(8):1214-28. PMID: 26303962
  21. Tang X, Hernandez-Andrade E, Ahn H, Garcia M, Saker H, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Romero R. Intermediate Diastolic Velocity as a Parameter of Cardiac Dysfunction in Growth-Restricted Fetuses. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2016;39(1):28-39. PMID: 26279291
  22. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Bhatti G, Xu Z, Kusanovic JP, Dong Z, Docheva N, Martinez-Varea A, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term II: the intra-amniotic inflammatory response. J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):5-22. PMID: 25938217
  23. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Korzeniewski SJ, Kusanovic JP, Docheva N, Martinez-Varea A, Ahmed AI, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term III: how well do clinical criteria perform in the identification of proven intra-amniotic infection? J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):23-32. PMID: 25918914
  24. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Korzeniewski SJ, Chaemsaithong P, Hernandez-Andrade E, Segars JH, DeCherney AH, McCoy MC, Kim CJ, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Pravastatin to prevent recurrent fetal death in massive perivillous fibrin deposition of the placenta (MPFD). J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Mar;29(6):855-62. PMID: 25893545
  25. Arenas-Hernandez M, Romero R, St Louis D, Hassan SS, Kaye EB, Gomez-Lopez N. An imbalance between innate and adaptive immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface occurs prior to endotoxin-induced preterm birth. Cell Mol Immunol. 2016 Jul;13(4):462-73. PMID: 25849119
  26. Chaemsaithong P, Romero R, Korzeniewski SJ, Martinez-Varea A, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. A point of care test for interleukin-6 in amniotic fluid in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: a step toward the early treatment of acute intra-amniotic inflammation/infection. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(3):360-7. PMID: 25758620
  27. Chaemsaithong P, Romero R, Korzeniewski SJ, Martinez-Varea A, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. A rapid interleukin-6 bedside test for the identification of intra-amniotic inflammation in preterm labor with intact membranes. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(3):349-59. PMID: 25758618

Stephen A Krawetz, Ph.D.

  1. Jain CV, Jessmon P, Kilburn BA, Jodar M, Sendler E, Krawetz SA, Armant DR. Regulation of HBEGF by Micro-RNA for Survival of Developing Human Trophoblast Cells. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 4;11(10):e0163913. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163913. PMID: 27701455
  2. Nassan FL, Coull BA, Skakkebaek NE, Williams MA, Dadd R, Mínguez-Alarcón L, Krawetz SA, Hait EJ, Korzenik JR, Moss AC, Ford JB, Hauser R. A crossover-crossback prospective study of dibutyl-phthalate exposure from mesalamine medications and semen quality in men with inflammatory bowel disease. Environ Int. 2016 Oct;95:120-30. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.08.006. PMID: 27575365
  3. Jodar M, Sendler E, Moskovtsev SI, Librach CL, Goodrich R, Swanson S, Hauser R, Diamond MP, Krawetz SA. Response to Comment on "Absence of sperm RNA elements correlates with idiopathic male infertility". Sci Transl Med. 2016 Aug 24;8(353):353tr1. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf4550. PMID: 27559098
  4. Estill MS, Krawetz SA. The Epigenetic Consequences of Paternal Exposure to Environmental Contaminants and Reproductive Toxicants. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2016 Sep;3(3):202-13. doi: 10.1007/s40572-016-0101-4. Review. PMID: 27357567
  5. Estill MS, Bolnick JM, Waterland RA, Bolnick AD, Diamond MP, Krawetz SA. Assisted reproductive technology alters deoxyribonucleic acid methylation profiles in bloodspots of newborn infants. Fertil Steril. 2016 Sep 1;106(3):629-639.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.05.006. PMID: 27288894
  6. Johnson GD, Jodar M, Pique-Regi R, Krawetz SA. Nuclease Footprints in Sperm Project Past and Future Chromatin Regulatory Events. Sci Rep. 2016 May 17;6:25864. PMID: 27184706
  7. Hayes MG, Urbanek M, Ehrmann DA, Armstrong LL, Lee JY, Sisk R, Karaderi T, Barber TM, McCarthy MI, Franks S, Lindgren CM, Welt CK, Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Panidis D, Goodarzi MO, Azziz R, Zhang Y, James RG, Olivier M, Kissebah AH; Reproductive Medicine Network, Stener-Victorin E, Legro RS, Dunaif A. Corrigendum: Genome-wide association of polycystic ovary syndrome implicates alterations in gonadotropin secretion in European ancestry populations. Nat Commun. 2016 Feb 12;7:10762. PMID: 26867975
  8. Jodar M, Sendler E, Krawetz SA. The protein and transcript profiles of human semen. Cell Tissue Res. 2016 Jan;363(1):85-96 PMID: 26224537

Pancharatnam Jeyasuria, Ph.D.

  1. Ramnarayanan S, Kyathanahalli C, Ingles J, Park-York M, Jeyasuria P, Condon JC. The Unfolded Protein Response Regulates Uterine Myocyte Antioxidant Responsiveness During Pregnancy. Biol Reprod. 2016 Dec;95(6):120. PMID: 27733380
  2. Natarajan K, Xie Y, Nakanishi T, Moreci RS, Jeyasuria P, Hussain A, Ross DD. Methods to Discover Alternative Promoter Usage and Transcriptional Regulation of Murine Bcrp1. J Vis Exp. 2016 May 27;(111). doi: 10.3791/53827. PMID: 27286290

Elizabeth E Puscheck, M.D.

  1. Yang Y, Arenas-Hernandez M, Gomez-Lopez N, Dai J, Parker GC, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Hypoxic Stress Forces Irreversible Differentiation of a Majority of Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells Despite FGF4. Biol Reprod. 2016 Nov;95(5):110. PMID: 27683262
  2. Alrahmani L, Abdelsattar ZM, Adekola H, Puscheck E, Gonik B, Awonuga AO. Risk-profiles and outcomes of multi-foetal pregnancies in adolescent mothers. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2016 Nov;36(8):1056-1060. PMID: 27624001
  3. Yang Y, Parker GC, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Direct reprogramming to multipotent trophoblast stem cells, and is pluripotency needed for regenerative medicine either? Stem Cell Investig. 2016 Jun 21;3:24. doi: 10.21037/sci.2016.06.05. PMID: 27487747
  4. Bolnick A, Abdulhasan M, Kilburn B, Xie Y, Howard M, Andresen P, Shamir AM, Dai J, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Commonly used fertility drugs, a diet supplement, and stress force AMPK-dependent block of stemness and development in cultured mammalian embryos. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2016 May 26. PMID: 27230877
  5. Yang Y, Xu Y, Ding C, Khoudja RY, Lin M, Awonuga AO, Dai J, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA, Zhou C. Comparison of 2, 5, and 20 % O2 on the development of post-thaw human embryos. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2016 Mar 23. PMID: 27007876
  6. Barnhart KT, Nakajima ST, Puscheck E, Price TM, Baker VL, Segars J. Practice patterns, satisfaction, and demographics of reproductive endocrinologists: results of the 2014 Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Workforce Survey. Fertil Steril. 2016 Jan 13. pii: S0015-0282(15)02315-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.12.135. PMID: 26774576
  7. Li Q, Gomez-Lopez N, Drewlo S, Sanchez-Rodriguez E, Dai J, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Development and Validation of a Rex1-RFP Potency Activity Reporter Assay That Quantifies Stress-Forced Potency Loss in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells Dev. 2016 Jan 29. PMID: 26651054

Daniel A. Rappolee, Ph.D.

  1. Yang Y, Arenas-Hernandez M, Gomez-Lopez N, Dai J, Parker GC, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Hypoxic Stress Forces Irreversible Differentiation of a Majority of Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells Despite FGF4. Biol Reprod. 2016 Nov;95(5):110. PMID: 27683262
  2. Yang Y, Parker GC, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Direct reprogramming to multipotent trophoblast stem cells, and is pluripotency needed for regenerative medicine either? Stem Cell Investig. 2016 Jun 21;3:24. doi: 10.21037/sci.2016.06.05. PMID: 27487747
  3. Bolnick A, Abdulhasan M, Kilburn B, Xie Y, Howard M, Andresen P, Shamir AM, Dai J, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Commonly used fertility drugs, a diet supplement, and stress force AMPK-dependent block of stemness and development in cultured mammalian embryos. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2016 May 26. PMID: 27230877
  4. Yang Y, Xu Y, Ding C, Khoudja RY, Lin M, Awonuga AO, Dai J, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA, Zhou C. Comparison of 2, 5, and 20 % O2 on the development of post-thaw human embryos. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2016 Mar 23. PMID: 27007876
  5. Li Q, Gomez-Lopez N, Drewlo S, Sanchez-Rodriguez E, Dai J, Puscheck EE, Rappolee DA. Development and Validation of a Rex1-RFP Potency Activity Reporter Assay That Quantifies Stress-Forced Potency Loss in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells Dev. 2016 Jan 29. PMID: 26651054

Roberto Romero, M.D.

  1. Labarrere CA, DiCarlo HL, Bammerlin E, Hardin JW, Kim YM, Chaemsaithong P, Haas DM, Kassab GS, Romero R. Failure of physiologic transformation of spiral arteries, endothelial and trophoblast cell activation, and acute atherosis in the basal plate of the placenta. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Mar;216(3):287.e1-287.e16. PMID: 28034657
  2. Romero R, Nygaard I. Jay D. Iams, MD, AJOG Editor. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Dec;215(6):679-681. PMID: 27888998
  3. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Unkel R, Shaman M, Jacques SM, Panaitescu B, Garcia-Flores V, Hassan SS. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in the Amniotic Cavity of Women with Intra-Amniotic Infection: A New Mechanism of Host Defense. Reprod Sci. 2016 Nov 23. pii: 1933719116678690. PMID: 27884950
  4. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Plazyo O, Unkel R, Than NG, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiworapongsa T, Dong Z, Tarca AL, Abrahams VM, Yeo L, Hassan SS. A Role for the Inflammasome in Spontaneous Labor at Term with Acute Histologic Chorioamnionitis. Reprod Sci. 2016 Jan 1:1933719116675058. PMID: 27852921
  5. Plazyo O, Romero R, Unkel R, Balancio A, Mial TN, Xu Y, Dong Z, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. HMGB1 Induces an Inflammatory Response in the Chorioamniotic Membranes That Is Partially Mediated by the Inflammasome. Biol Reprod. 2016 Dec;95(6):130. PMID: 27806943
  6. Tarca AL, Hernandez-Andrade E, Ahn H, Garcia M, Xu Z, Korzeniewski SJ, Saker H, Chaiworapongsa T, Hassan SS, Yeo L, Romero R. Single and Serial Fetal Biometry to Detect Preterm and Term Small- and Large-for-Gestational-Age Neonates: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2016 Nov 1;11(11):e0164161. PMID: 27802270
  7. Melamed N, Pittini A, Hiersch L, Yogev Y, Korzeniewski SJ, Romero R, Barrett J. Do serial measurements of cervical length improve the prediction of preterm birth in asymptomatic women with twin gestations? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Nov;215(5):616.e1-616.e14. PMID: 27365003
  8. Martinez-Varea A, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Ahmed AI, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiyasit N, Yeo L, Shaman M, Lannaman K, Cher B, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VII: the amniotic fluid cellular immune response. J Perinat Med. 2016 Oct 20. pii: /j/jpme.ahead-of-print/jpm-2016-0225/jpm-2016-0225.xml. PMID: 27763883
  9. Baraldi E, Giordano G, Stocchero M, Moschino L, Zaramella P, Tran MR, Carraro S, Romero R, Gervasi MT. Untargeted Metabolomic Analysis of Amniotic Fluid in the Prediction of Preterm Delivery and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 18;11(10):e0164211. PMID: 27755564
  10. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Arenas-Hernandez M, Ahn H, Panaitescu B, Vadillo-Ortega F, Sanchez-Torres C, Salisbury KS, Hassan SS. In vivo T-cell activation by a monoclonal αCD3ε antibody induces preterm labor and birth. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Nov;76(5):386-390. PMID: 27658719
  11. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Unkel R, C MacKenzie T, Frascoli M, Hassan SS. Umbilical cord CD71+ erythroid cells are reduced in neonates born to women in spontaneous preterm labor. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Oct;76(4):280-4. PMID: 27625200
  12. Romero R, Nygaard I. Giants in obstetrics and gynecology. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Sep;215(3):257. PMID: 27568855
  13. Maddipati KR, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Chaemsaithong P, Zhou SL, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Kusanovic JP, Gomez R, Docheva N, Honn KV. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term: the amniotic fluid fatty acyl lipidome. J Lipid Res. 2016 Oct;57(10):1906-1916. PMID: 27538821
  14. Romero R. A profile of Emanuel A. Friedman, MD, DMedSci. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Oct;215(4):413-4. PMID: 27496073
  15. Puttemans P, Benagiano G, Gargett C, Romero R, Guo SW, Brosens I. Neonatal uterine bleeding as a biomarker for reproductive disorders during adolescence: a worldwide call for systematic registration by nurse midwife. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Aug 18:1-3. PMID: 27454348
  16. Zhang F, Nance E, Zhang Z, Jasty V, Kambhampati SP, Mishra MK, Burd I, Romero R, Kannan S, Kannan RM. Surface functionality affects the biodistribution and microglia-targeting of intra-amniotically delivered dendrimers. J Control Release. 2016 Sep 10;237:61-70. PMID: 27378700
  17. Clark SL, Romero R, Dildy GA, Callaghan WM, Smiley RM, Bracey AW, Hankins GD, D'Alton ME, Foley M, Pacheco LD, Vadhera RB, Herlihy JP, Berkowitz RL, Belfort MA. Proposed diagnostic criteria for the case definition of amniotic fluid embolism in research studies. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Oct;215(4):408-12. PMID: 27372270
  18. Maddipati KR, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Chaemsaithong P, Zhou SL, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Kusanovic JP, Gomez R, Chaiyasit N, Honn KV. Lipidomic analysis of patients with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity reveals up-regulation of leukotriene B4. FASEB J. 2016 Oct;30(10):3296-3307. PMID: 27312808
  19. Veronese P, Bogana G, Cerutti A, Yeo L, Romero R, Gervasi MT. A Prospective Study of the Use of Fetal Intelligent Navigation Echocardiography (FINE) to Obtain Standard Fetal Echocardiography Views. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2017;41(2):89-99. PMID: 27309391
  20. Melamed N, Pittini A, Hiersch L, Yogev Y, Korzeniewski SS, Romero R, Barrett J. Serial cervical length determination in twin pregnancies reveals 4 distinct patterns with prognostic significance for preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Oct;215(4):476.e1-476.e11. PMID: 27207277
  21. Neelavalli J, Krishnamurthy U, Jella PK, Mody SS, Yadav BK, Hendershot K, Hernandez-Andrade E, Yeo L, Cabrera MD, Haacke EM, Hassan SS, Romero R. Magnetic resonance angiography of fetal vasculature at 3.0 T. Eur Radiol. 2016 Dec;26(12):4570-4576. PMID: 27189488
  22. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Korzeniewski SJ, Chaemsaithong P, Hernandez-Andrade E, Segars JH, DeCherney AH, McCoy MC, Kim CJ, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Pravastatin for the prevention of adverse pregnancy outcome: preeclampsia and more? J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Jan;30(1):3. PMID: 27161513
  23. Furcron AE, Romero R, Mial TN, Balancio A, Panaitescu B, Hassan SS, Sahi A, Nord C, Gomez-Lopez N. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Has Anti-Inflammatory Effects at the Maternal-Fetal Interface and Prevents Endotoxin-Induced Preterm Birth, but Causes Dystocia and Fetal Compromise in Mice. Biol Reprod. 2016 Jun;94(6):136. PMID: 27146032
  24. Yeo L, Romero R. How to Acquire Cardiac Volumes for Sonographic Examination of the Fetal Heart: Part 1. J Ultrasound Med. 2016 May;35(5):1021-42. PMID: 27091914
  25. Yeo L, Romero R. How to Acquire Cardiac Volumes for Sonographic Examination of the Fetal Heart: Part 2.  Ultrasound Med. 2016 May;35(5):1043-66. PMID: 27091912
  26. Jee YH, Lebenthal Y, Chaemsaithong P, Yan G, Peran I, Wellstein A, Romero R, Baron J. Midkine and Pleiotrophin Concentrations in Amniotic Fluid in Healthy and Complicated Pregnancies. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 18;11(4):e0153325. PMID: 27089523
  27. Romero R. A profile of Richard L. Berkowitz, MD. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Sep;215(3):265-6. PMID: 27083759
  28. Yang J, Pearl M, DeLorenze GN, Romero R, Dong Z, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Currier R, Flessel M, Kharrazi M. Racial-ethnic differences in midtrimester maternal serum levels of angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Sep;215(3):359.e1-9. PMID: 27073062
  29. Mazaki-Tovi S, Tarca AL, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic JP, Than NG, Chaiworapongsa T, Dong Z, Hassan SS, Romero R. Characterization of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue transcriptome in pregnant women with and without spontaneous labor at term: implication of alternative splicing in the metabolic adaptations of adipose tissue to parturition. J Perinat Med. 2016 Oct 1;44(7):813-835. PMID: 26994472
  30. Romero R, Xu Y, Plazyo O, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiworapongsa T, Unkel R, Than NG, Chiang PJ, Dong Z, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Abrahams VM, Hassan SS, Yeo L, Gomez-Lopez N. A Role for the Inflammasome in Spontaneous Labor at Term. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Mar 8. PMID: 26952361
  31. Yadav BK, Neelavalli J, Krishnamurthy U, Szalai G, Shen Y, Nayak NR, Chaiworapongsa T, Hernandez-Andrade E, Than NG, Haacke EM, Romero R. A longitudinal study of placental perfusion using dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in murine pregnancy. Placenta. 2016 Jul;43:90-7. PMID: 26947613
  32. Racicot K, Kwon JY, Aldo P, Abrahams V, El-Guindy A, Romero R, Mor G. Type I Interferon Regulates the Placental Inflammatory Response to Bacteria and is Targeted by Virus: Mechanism of Polymicrobial Infection-Induced Preterm Birth. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Apr;75(4):451-60. PMID: 26892235
  33. Xu Y, Romero R, Miller D, Kadam L, Mial TN, Plazyo O, Garcia-Flores V, Hassan SS, Xu Z, Tarca AL, Drewlo S, Gomez-Lopez N. An M1-like Macrophage Polarization in Decidual Tissue during Spontaneous Preterm Labor That Is Attenuated by Rosiglitazone Treatment. J Immunol. 2016 Mar 15;196(6):2476-91. PMID: 26889045
  34. Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Plazyo O, Panaitescu B, Furcron AE, Miller D, Roumayah T, Flom E, Hassan SS. Intra-Amniotic Administration of HMGB1 Induces Spontaneous Preterm Labor and Birth. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 Jan;75(1):3-7. PMID: 26781934
  35. St Louis D, Romero R, Plazyo O, Arenas-Hernandez M, Panaitescu B, Xu Y, Milovic T, Xu Z, Bhatti G, Mi QS, Drewlo S, Tarca AL, Hassan SS, Gomez-Lopez N. Invariant NKT Cell Activation Induces Late Preterm Birth That Is Attenuated by Rosiglitazone. J Immunol. 2016 Feb 1;196(3):1044-59. PMID: 26740111
  36. Nygaard I, Romero R. AJOG on the move. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jan;214(1):1-2. PMID: 26721208
  37. Korzeniewski SJ, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Chaemsaithong P, Kim CJ, Kim YM, Kim JS, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Yeo L. Maternal plasma angiogenic index-1 (placental growth factor/soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1) is a biomarker for the burden of placental lesions consistent with uteroplacental underperfusion: a longitudinal case-cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 May;214(5):629.e1-629.e17. PMID: 26688491
  38. Park JY, Romero R, Lee J, Chaemsaithong P, Chaiyasit N, Yoon BH. An elevated amniotic fluid prostaglandin F2α concentration is associated with intra-amniotic inflammation/infection, and clinical and histologic chorioamnionitis, as well as impending preterm delivery in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(16):2563-72. PMID: 26669519
  39. Kim SM, Romero R, Lee J, Chaemsaithong P, Lee MW, Chaiyasit N, Lee HJ, Yoon BH. About one-half of early spontaneous preterm deliveries can be identified by a rapid matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) bedside test at the time of mid-trimester genetic amniocentesis. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(15):2414-22. PMID: 26643648
  40. Kim SM, Romero R, Lee J, Chaemsaithong P, Docheva N, Yoon BH. Gastric fluid versus amniotic fluid analysis for the identification of intra-amniotic infection due to Ureaplasma species. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(16):2579-87. PMID: 26631980
  41. Yeo L, Romero R. Intelligent navigation to improve obstetrical sonography. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Apr;47(4):403-9. PMID: 26525650
  42. Lee J, Romero R, Lee KA, Kim EN, Korzeniewski SJ, Chaemsaithong P, Yoon BH. Meconium aspiration syndrome: a role for fetal systemic inflammation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Mar;214(3):366.e1-9. PMID: 26484777
  43. Conde-Agudelo A, Romero R. Vaginal progesterone to prevent preterm birth in pregnant women with a sonographic short cervix: clinical and public health implications. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Feb;214(2):235-42. PMID: 26450404
  44. Lee J, Romero R, Kim SM, Chaemsaithong P, Yoon BH. A new antibiotic regimen treats and prevents intra-amniotic inflammation/infection in patients with preterm PROM. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Sep;29(17):2727-37. PMID: 26441216
  45. Lee J, Romero R, Kim SM, Chaemsaithong P, Park CW, Park JS, Jun JK, Yoon BH. A new anti-microbial combination prolongs the latency period, reduces acute histologic chorioamnionitis as well as funisitis, and improves neonatal outcomes in preterm PROM. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Mar;29(5):707-20. PMID: 26373262
  46. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Docheva N, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Bhatti G, Xu Z, Kusanovic JP, Chaiyasit N, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L, Kim YM. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term V: umbilical cord plasma cytokine profile in the context of a systemic maternal inflammatory response. J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):53-76. PMID: 26360486
  47. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Docheva N, Korzeniewski SJ, Kusanovic JP, Yoon BH, Kim JS, Chaiyasit N, Ahmed AI, Qureshi F, Jacques SM, Kim CJ, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L, Kim YM.  Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VI: acute chorioamnionitis and funisitis according to the presence or absence of microorganisms and inflammation in the amniotic cavity. J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):33-51. PMID: 26352071
  48. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Docheva N, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Bhatti G, Xu Z, Kusanovic JP, Dong Z, Chaiyasit N, Ahmed AI, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term IV: the maternal plasma cytokine profile. J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):77-98. PMID: 26352068
  49. Krishnamurthy U, Szalai G, Shen Y, Xu Z, Yadav BK, Tarca AL, Chaiworapongsa T, Hernandez-Andrade E, Than NG, Haacke EM, Romero R, Neelavalli J. Longitudinal Changes in Placental Magnetic Resonance Imaging Relaxation Parameter in Murine Pregnancy: Compartmental Analysis. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2016;81(3):193-201. PMID: 26336923
  50. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Whitten AE, Korzeniewski SJ, Chaemsaithong P, Hernandez-Andrade E, Yeo L, Hassan SS. The use of angiogenic biomarkers in maternal blood to identify which SGA fetuses will require a preterm delivery and mothers who will develop pre-eclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(8):1214-28. PMID: 26303962
  51. Tang X, Hernandez-Andrade E, Ahn H, Garcia M, Saker H, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Romero R. Intermediate Diastolic Velocity as a Parameter of Cardiac Dysfunction in Growth-Restricted Fetuses. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2016;39(1):28-39. PMID: 26279291
  52. Conde-Agudelo A, Romero R. Cervical phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 test for the prediction of preterm birth: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jan;214(1):57-73. PMID: 26149828
  53. Lee JS, Romero R, Han YM, Kim HC, Kim CJ, Hong JS, Huh D. Placenta-on-a-chip: a novel platform to study the biology of the human placenta. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(7):1046-54. PMID: 26075842
  54. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Korzeniewski SJ, Tarca AL, Bhatti G, Xu Z, Kusanovic JP, Dong Z, Docheva N, Martinez-Varea A, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term II: the intra-amniotic inflammatory response. J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):5-22. PMID: 25938217
  55. Romero R, Chaemsaithong P, Korzeniewski SJ, Kusanovic JP, Docheva N, Martinez-Varea A, Ahmed AI, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. Clinical chorioamnionitis at term III: how well do clinical criteria perform in the identification of proven intra-amniotic infection? J Perinat Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):23-32. PMID: 25918914
  56. Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Korzeniewski SJ, Chaemsaithong P, Hernandez-Andrade E, Segars JH, DeCherney AH, McCoy MC, Kim CJ, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Pravastatin to prevent recurrent fetal death in massive perivillous fibrin deposition of the placenta (MPFD). J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Mar;29(6):855-62. PMID: 25893545
  57. Arenas-Hernandez M, Romero R, St Louis D, Hassan SS, Kaye EB, Gomez-Lopez N. An imbalance between innate and adaptive immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface occurs prior to endotoxin-induced preterm birth. Cell Mol Immunol. 2016 Jul;13(4):462-73. PMID: 25849119
  58. Chaemsaithong P, Romero R, Korzeniewski SJ, Martinez-Varea A, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. A point of care test for interleukin-6 in amniotic fluid in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: a step toward the early treatment of acute intra-amniotic inflammation/infection. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(3):360-7. PMID: 25758620
  59. Chaemsaithong P, Romero R, Korzeniewski SJ, Martinez-Varea A, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L. A rapid interleukin-6 bedside test for the identification of intra-amniotic inflammation in preterm labor with intact membranes. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(3):349-59. PMID: 25758618
  60. Hong JS, Romero R, Lee DC, Than NG, Yeo L, Chaemsaithong P, Ahn S, Kim JS, Kim CJ, Kim YM. Umbilical cord prostaglandins in term and preterm parturition. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(4):523-31. PMID: 25758616
  61. Deter RL, Lee W, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Tarca AL, Li J, Yeo L, Romero R. Personalized third-trimester fetal growth evaluation: comparisons of individualized growth assessment, percentile line and conditional probability methods. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016;29(2):177-85. PMID: 25491881

Robert Sokol, M.D.

  1. Mehta SH, Kruger M, Sokol RJ. Institute of Medicine Guidelines for Appropiate Pregnancy Weight Gain for Obese Women May Be Too High. J Reprod Med. 2015 Jul-Aug;60(7-8):324-8. PMID: 26380491
  2. Vilchez GA, Dai J, Hoyos LR, Gill N, Bahado-Singh R, Sokol RJ. Labor and neonatal outcomes after term induction of labor in gestational diabetes. J Perinatol. 2015 Aug 27. PMID: 26313053
  3. Ondersma SJ, Beatty JR, Svikis DS, Strickler RC, Tzilos GK, Chang G, Divine GW, Taylor AR, Sokol RJ. Computer-Delivered Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use in Pregnancy: A Pilot Randomized Trial. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 May 22. PMID: 26010235
  4. Vilchez G, Dai J, Gill N, Lagos M, Bahado-Singh R, Sokol RJ. Racial disparities in the optimal for induction of labor in low-risk term pregnancies: a national population-based study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2015 May 25:1-4PMID: 26004983
  5. Schwartz AG, Ray RM, Cote ML, Abrams J, Sokol RJ, Hendrix SL, Chen C, Chlebowski RT, Hubbell FA, Kooperberg C, Manson JE, O'Sullivan MJ, Rohan T, Stefanick ML, Wactawski-Wende J, Wakelee H, Simon MS. Hormone Use, Reproductive History and Risk of Lung Cancer: The Women's Health Initiative Studies. J Thorac Oncol. 2015 Apr 3. PMID: 25852020
  6. Hannigan JH, Chiodo LM, Sokol RJ, Janisse J, Delaney-Black V. Prenatal alcohol exposure selectively enhances young adult perceived pleasantness of alcohol odors. Physiol Behav. 2015 Jan 17. pii: S0031-9384(15)00033-5. PMID: 25600468
  7. Vilchez GA, Dai J, Hoyos LR, Chelliah A, Bahado-Singh R, Sokol RJ. Optimal timing for term delivery of twin pregnancies: a population-based study. Am J Perinatol. 2015 Apr;32(5):487-96. PMID: 25545449