Selected references on preterm birth and inflammation
  1. March of Dimes, PMNCH, Save the Children, WHO. Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth. Eds CP Howson, MV Kinney, JE Lawn. World Health Organization. Geneva, 2012.
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  2. Nadeau-Vallée M., Quiniou C., Palcios, J., Hou X., Erfani A., Madaan A., Sanchez M., Leimert K., Boudreault A., Duhamel F., Rivera J.C., Zhu T., Noueihed B., Robertson S. A., Ni X., Olson D.M., Lubell W., Girard S., and Chemtob S., 2015, Novel Noncompetitive IL-1 Receptor Biased Ligand Preventes Infection and Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth, J Immunol; 195:3402-3415
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  3. Nadeau-Vallée M., Obari D., Beaudry-Richard A., Sierra E.M., Beaulac A., Maurice N., Olson D.M., and Chemtob S., 2017, Preterm Birth and Neonatal Injuries: Importance of Interleukin-1 and Potential of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonists, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 23: 1-11
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  4. Nadeau-Vallée M., Chin P-Y., Belarbi L., Brien M-E., Pundir S., Berryer M,H., Beaudry-Richard A., Madaan A., Sharkey D.J., Lupien-Meilleur A., Hou X., BHoudreault A., Carbonaro A., Doan N-D., Joyal J-S., Lubell W.D., Olson D.M., Robertson S.A., Girard S., and Chemtob S., , 2017, Antenatal Suppression of IL-1 Protects against Inflammation-Induced Fetal Injury and Improves Neonatal and Developmental Outcomes in Mice, J Immunol 198: 2047-2062
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  5. Romero R., Miranda J., Chaiworapongsa T., Korzeniewshi S.J., Chaemsaithong P., Gotsch F., Dong Z., Ahmed A.I., Yoon B.H., Hassan S.S., Kim C.J., and Yeo L., 2014, Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Sterile Intra-amniotic Inflammation in Patients with Preterm Labor and Intact Membranes, Am J Reprod Immunol, 72(5): 458–474
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  6. Waitzman N.J., and Jalali A., 2019, Updating National Preterm Birth Costs to 2016 with Separate Estimates for Individual States, Final Report to the March of Dimes
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  7. Beam A., Fried I., Palmar N., Agniel D., Brat G., Fox K., Kohane I., Sinaiko A., Zupancic J.A.F., and Armstrong J., 2020. Estimates of healthcare spending for preterm and low-birthweight infants in a commercially insured population: 2008–2016. J. Perinatol. 40:1091-1099.
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  8. Equils O., Kellog C., McGregor J., Gravett M., Neal-Perry G., and Gabay C.,  2020, The role of the IL-1 system in pregnancy and the use of IL-1 system markers to identify women at risk for pregnancy complications. Biology of Reproduction vol 103, p 684-694.
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  9. Romero R., Gotsch F., Pineles B., Kusanovic J.P., 2007, Inflammation in Pregnancy: Its Roles in Reproductive Physiology, Obstetrical Complications, and Fetal Injury, Nutrition Reviews, 65: S194-S202
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