BACKGROUND Fertility depends on a receptive state of the endometrium, influenced by
hormonal and anatomical adaptations, as well as the immune system. Local and systemic …

The signals and mechanisms that synchronize the timing of human parturition remain a
mystery and a better understanding of these processes is essential to avert adverse …

Objective: To determine the frequency and clinical significance of sterile and microbial-
associated intra-amniotic inflammation in asymptomatic patients with a sonographic short …

Since brain tissue is not readily accessible, a new focus in search of biomarkers for
schizophrenia is blood-based expression profiling of non-protein coding genes such as …

MicroRNAs are small, noncoding RNA molecules that regulate target gene expression in the
posttranscriptional level. Unlike siRNA, microRNAs are “fine‐tuners” rather than “switches” …

Preterm birth is the major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity, and bacterial infections
that ascend from the lower female reproductive tract are the most common route of uterine …

Cervicovaginal (CV) microbiota is associated with vaginal health and disease in non-
pregnant women. Recent studies in pregnant women suggest that specific CV microbes are …

Problem Spontaneous labor at term involves leukocyte recruitment and infiltration into the
choriodecidua; yet, characterization of these leukocytes and their immunological mediators …

Aims: To characterize the transcriptome of human myometrium during spontaneous labor at
term. Methods: Myometrium was obtained from women with (n= 19) and without labor (n …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a recently discovered class of non-coding RNAs that are
expressed in many cell types, where they regulate the expression of complementary RNAs …