In the absence of effective interventions to prevent preterm births, improved survival of
infants who are born at the biological limits of viability has relied on advances in perinatal …

Acute inflammatory lesions of the placenta consist of diffuse infiltration of neutrophils at
different sites in the organ. These lesions include acute chorioamnionitis, funisitis, and …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease of primarily premature infants
that results from an imbalance between lung injury and repair in the developing lung. BPD is …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is among the most common and serious sequelae of
preterm birth. BPD affects at least one‐quarter of infants born with birth weights less than …

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a multimeric collectin that is involved in innate immune
defense and expressed in pulmonary, as well as non-pulmonary, epithelia. SP-D exerts …

Preterm birth is a major cause of perinatal mortality and long‐term morbidity.
Chorioamnionitis is a common cause of preterm birth. Clinical chorioamnionitis …

BACKGROUND Human pregnancy requires robust hemostasis to prevent hemorrhage
during extravillous trophoblast (EVT) invasion of the decidualized endometrium, modification …

OBJECTIVE: To accumulate available evidence regarding the association between
antenatal inflammation and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). STUDY DESIGN: A systematic …

Spontaneous preterm birth (PTB) and preterm pre-labor rupture of the membranes (pPROM)
are major pregnancy complications. Although PTB and pPROM have common etiologies …

OBJECTIVE. To determine the impact of intrauterine inflammation of maternal
(chorioamnionitis) and fetal (umbilical vasculitis) origin and neonatal sepsis on the …