Evidence of a gene-environment interaction that predisposes to spontaneous preterm birth: a role for asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis and DNA variants in genes that control the inflammatory response

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386.e1-386.e6

  Gómez, Luis M ^a   Sammel, Mary D ^b   Appleby, Dina H ^b   Elovitz, Michal A ^a   Baldwin, Don A ^b   Jeffcoat, Marjorie K ^c   Macones, George A ^d   Parry, Samuel ^a  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allele; genotype; polymorphism; pregnancy; preterm delivery; tag SNP

Indexed keywords

DNA; FMS LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

EID: 77949894377     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.01.042     Document Type: Article

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