A genetic association study of maternal and fetal candidate genes that predispose to preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM)

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361.e1-361.e30

  Romero, Roberto ^a,b   Friel, Lara A ^a,b   Velez Edwards, Digna R ^c   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^a,b   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b   Mazaki Tovi, Shali ^a,b   Vaisbuch, Edi ^a,b   Kim, Chong Jai ^a,b   Erez, Offer ^a,b   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^a,b   Pearce, Brad D ^f   Bartlett, Jacquelaine ^d   Salisbury, Benjamin A ^g   Anant, Madan Kumar ^g   Vovis, Gerald F ^h   Lee, Min Seob ⁱ   Gomez, Ricardo ^j   Behnke, Ernesto ^j   Oyarzun, Enrique ^k   Tromp, Gerard ^b   Williams, Scott M ^d,e   Menon, Ramkumar ^f   more..

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PGxHealth LLC   (United States)

^h Helix Therapeutics LLC   (United States)

ⁱ Clinical Data Inc   (United States)

^j HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^k PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; DNA variants; extracellular matrix; genetic association study; genomics; genotype; haplotype; high dimensional biology; matrix metalloproteinase; parturition; prematurity; preterm prelabor rupture of membranes; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANGIOGENIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; DEFENSIN; DNA; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 47; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LYMPHOTOXIN ALPHA PRECURSOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 19; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIPC; RIBONUCLEASE; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; STROMELYSIN 2; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ALPHA 2(I) COLLAGEN; ALPHA DEFENSIN; AUTOANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; PROCOLLAGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR 1; PTGER1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TYPE IV COLLAGEN ALPHA3 CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DBA 1 MOUSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AUTOANTIGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PROCOLLAGEN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E, EP1 SUBTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-2;

EID: 77957329899     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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