Published in Biol Reprod on February 01, 2002
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Modulation of human uterine smooth muscle cell collagen contractility by thrombin, Y-27632, TNF alpha and indomethacin. Reprod Biol Endocrinol (2009) 1.03
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Bacteria localization and chorion thinning among preterm premature rupture of membranes. PLoS One (2014) 0.91
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A molecular signature of an arrest of descent in human parturition. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2011) 0.81
A Role for the Inflammasome in Spontaneous Labor at Term. Am J Reprod Immunol (2016) 0.80
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Intervillous macrophage migration inhibitory factor is associated with adverse birth outcomes in a study population in Central India. PLoS One (2012) 0.79
Effect of silibinin in reducing inflammatory pathways in in vitro and in vivo models of infection-induced preterm birth. PLoS One (2014) 0.79
Choriodecidual cells from term human pregnancies show distinctive functional properties related to the induction of labor. Am J Reprod Immunol (2013) 0.79
Crosstalk between monocytes and myometrial smooth muscle in culture generates synergistic pro-inflammatory cytokine production and enhances myocyte contraction, with effects opposed by progesterone. Mol Hum Reprod (2015) 0.78
Stretch-induced human myometrial cytokines enhance immune cell recruitment via endothelial activation. Cell Mol Immunol (2014) 0.78
15-epi-lipoxin A4 reduces the mortality of prematurely born pups in a mouse model of infection-induced preterm birth. Mol Hum Reprod (2015) 0.78
Interleukin-6 controls uterine Th9 cells and CD8(+) T regulatory cells to accelerate parturition in mice. Immunol Cell Biol (2015) 0.78
Differences in inflammatory markers between nulliparous women admitted to hospitals in preactive vs active labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2014) 0.77
Corticotropin-releasing hormone interacts with interleukin-1β to regulate prostaglandin H synthase-2 expression in human myometrium during pregnancy and labor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2013) 0.77
Toll-Like Receptor 4 Is an Essential Upstream Regulator of On-Time Parturition and Perinatal Viability in Mice. Endocrinology (2015) 0.77
PGF2α modulates the output of chemokines and pro-inflammatory cytokines in myometrial cells from term pregnant women through divergent signaling pathways. Mol Hum Reprod (2015) 0.76
Preterm Cervical Ripening in humans. Facts Views Vis Obgyn (2012) 0.76
Guinea-pig interpubic joint (symphysis pubica) relaxation at parturition: underlying cellular processes that resemble an inflammatory response. Reprod Biol Endocrinol (2003) 0.76
Novel Toll-like receptor-4 antagonist (+)-naloxone protects mice from inflammation-induced preterm birth. Sci Rep (2016) 0.75
Immune cells and preterm labour: do invariant NKT cells hold the key? Mol Hum Reprod (2015) 0.75
Interleukin (IL)-1 in rat parturition: IL-1 receptors 1 and 2 and accessory proteins abundance in pregnant rat uterus at term - regulation by progesterone. Physiol Rep (2016) 0.75
Role of cytokine signaling in group B Streptococcus-stimulated expression of human beta defensin-2 in human extraplacental membranes. Am J Reprod Immunol (2014) 0.75
Prokineticin 1 induces a pro-inflammatory response in murine fetal membranes but does not induce preterm delivery. Reproduction (2013) 0.75
A proposed bio-panel to predict risk for spontaneous preterm birth among African American women. Med Hypotheses (2015) 0.75
Transcription Analysis of the Myometrium of Labouring and Non-Labouring Women. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Neutrophil extracellular traps in acute chorioamnionitis: A mechanism of host defense. Am J Reprod Immunol (2017) 0.75
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor and placental malaria infection in an area characterized by unstable malaria transmission in central Sudan. F1000Res (2015) 0.75
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha expression changes in human pregnant myometrium. Reprod Sci (2012) 0.75
Pregnant human peripheral leukocyte migration during several late pregnancy clinical conditions: a cross-sectional observational study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2017) 0.75
The Local and Systemic Immune Response to Intrauterine LPS in the Prepartum Mouse. Biol Reprod (2016) 0.75
Biological functions of thyroid hormone in placenta. Int J Mol Sci (2015) 0.75
Characteristic Changes in Decidual Gene Expression Signature in Spontaneous Term Parturition. J Pathol Transl Med (2017) 0.75
Expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor in different zones of fetal membranes: a possible relation to onset of labor. J Mol Histol (2014) 0.75
Pregnancy complications and maternal cardiovascular risk: opportunities for intervention and screening? BMJ (2002) 3.96
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Europe. The number of VTE events and associated morbidity and mortality. Thromb Haemost (2007) 3.67
Maternal obesity during pregnancy and premature mortality from cardiovascular event in adult offspring: follow-up of 1 323 275 person years. BMJ (2013) 3.54
Inflammation and pregnancy. Reprod Sci (2009) 3.33
Outcomes of elective induction of labour compared with expectant management: population based study. BMJ (2012) 3.07
Maternal obesity is associated with dysregulation of metabolic, vascular, and inflammatory pathways. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2002) 2.80
Leukocyte density and pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in human fetal membranes, decidua, cervix and myometrium before and during labour at term. Mol Hum Reprod (2003) 2.47
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of successful Kielland's rotational forceps delivery. Obstet Gynecol (2013) 2.07
Manifestations of chronic disease during pregnancy. JAMA (2005) 2.06
NO sensing by FNR: regulation of the Escherichia coli NO-detoxifying flavohaemoglobin, Hmp. EMBO J (2002) 2.05
Longitudinal assessment of maternal endothelial function and markers of inflammation and placental function throughout pregnancy in lean and obese mothers. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2006) 1.97
Short- and long-term changes in plasma inflammatory markers associated with preeclampsia. Hypertension (2004) 1.92
Characterization of the Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 decaheme cytochrome MtrA: expression in Escherichia coli confers the ability to reduce soluble Fe(III) chelates. J Biol Chem (2003) 1.74
Inherited predisposition to spontaneous preterm delivery. Obstet Gynecol (2010) 1.70
Pre-eclampsia and cardiovascular disease: metabolic syndrome of pregnancy? Atherosclerosis (2004) 1.66
Population-based trends in pregnancy hypertension and pre-eclampsia: an international comparative study. BMJ Open (2011) 1.64
The potential role of heparin in assisted conception. Hum Reprod Update (2008) 1.62
Paradoxical elevation in adiponectin concentrations in women with preeclampsia. Hypertension (2003) 1.60
Changes in booking body mass index over a decade: retrospective analysis from a Glasgow Maternity Hospital. BJOG (2005) 1.55
The role of toll-like receptors (TLR-2 and -4) and triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (TREM-1) in human term and preterm labor. Reprod Sci (2009) 1.52
Cost-effectiveness of screening for the factor V Leiden mutation in pregnant women. Lancet (2002) 1.47
Mechanism of oxygen sensing by the bacterial transcription factor fumarate-nitrate reduction (FNR). J Biol Chem (2003) 1.47
Evidence that the Streptomyces developmental protein WhiD, a member of the WhiB family, binds a [4Fe-4S] cluster. J Biol Chem (2004) 1.42
Your place or mine? A phylogenetic comparative analysis of marital residence in Indo-European and Austronesian societies. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 1.41
Use of antithrombotic agents during pregnancy: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy. Chest (2004) 1.39
Mycobacterium tuberculosis WhiB1 is an essential DNA-binding protein with a nitric oxide-sensitive iron-sulfur cluster. Biochem J (2010) 1.35
Guidelines on the investigation and management of antiphospholipid syndrome. Br J Haematol (2012) 1.34
Classic and novel risk factor parameters in women with a history of preeclampsia. Hypertension (2003) 1.33
Structure and spectroscopy of the periplasmic cytochrome c nitrite reductase from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry (2002) 1.32
Ovarian function and metabolic factors in women with oligomenorrhea treated with metformin in a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2002) 1.28
Superoxide-mediated amplification of the oxygen-induced switch from [4Fe-4S] to [2Fe-2S] clusters in the transcriptional regulator FNR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.27
Bacterial sensors of oxygen. Curr Opin Microbiol (2009) 1.27
Inverse association between birth weight and C-reactive protein concentrations in the MIDSPAN Family Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2004) 1.26
Term labor is associated with a core inflammatory response in human fetal membranes, myometrium, and cervix. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2009) 1.24
Inflammatory pathways in female reproductive health and disease. Reproduction (2009) 1.21
Mechanistic insight into the nitrosylation of the [4Fe-4S] cluster of WhiB-like proteins. J Am Chem Soc (2010) 1.16
Different methods for the induction of labour in outpatient settings. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2010) 1.16
The O2 sensitivity of the transcription factor FNR is controlled by Ser24 modulating the kinetics of [4Fe-4S] to [2Fe-2S] conversion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.15
Microvascular dysfunction: a link between pre-eclampsia and maternal coronary heart disease. BJOG (2003) 1.12
The "PRIM" study: a randomized comparison of prostaglandin E2 gel with the nitric oxide donor isosorbide mononitrate for cervical ripening before the induction of labor at term. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2006) 1.11
Reversible cycling between cysteine persulfide-ligated [2Fe-2S] and cysteine-ligated [4Fe-4S] clusters in the FNR regulatory protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.09
Detection of sulfide release from the oxygen-sensing [4Fe-4S] cluster of FNR. J Biol Chem (2006) 1.07
The association of factor V leiden and prothrombin gene mutation and placenta-mediated pregnancy complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. PLoS Med (2010) 1.05
Bacterial iron-sulfur regulatory proteins as biological sensor-switches. Antioxid Redox Signal (2012) 1.05
Characterization of [4Fe-4S]-containing and cluster-free forms of Streptomyces WhiD. Biochemistry (2009) 1.04
Leukocyte density and proinflammatory mediator expression in regional human fetal membranes and decidua before and during labor at term. J Soc Gynecol Investig (2006) 1.04
Effects of metformin on microvascular function and exercise tolerance in women with angina and normal coronary arteries: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 1.04
Influence of the environment on the [4Fe-4S]2+ to [2Fe-2S]2+ cluster switch in the transcriptional regulator FNR. J Am Chem Soc (2008) 1.03
Iron-sulfur cluster sensor-regulators. Curr Opin Chem Biol (2012) 1.03
Oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy, thrombophilias and risk of venous thromboembolism: a systematic review. The Thrombosis: Risk and Economic Assessment of Thrombophilia Screening (TREATS) Study. Thromb Haemost (2005) 1.01
Multiple forms of the catalytic centre, CuZ, in the enzyme nitrous oxide reductase from Paracoccus pantotrophus. Biochem J (2002) 1.01
Decidual neutrophil infiltration is not required for preterm birth in a mouse model of infection-induced preterm labor. J Immunol (2014) 0.98
Longitudinal assessment of erythrocyte fatty acid composition throughout pregnancy and post partum. Lipids (2007) 0.96
Characterisation of [Cu4S], the catalytic site in nitrous oxide reductase, by EPR spectroscopy. Dalton Trans (2004) 0.95
Reactions of nitric oxide and oxygen with the regulator of fumarate and nitrate reduction, a global transcriptional regulator, during anaerobic growth of Escherichia coli. Methods Enzymol (2008) 0.95
Elimination of electrically induced iontophoretic artefacts: implications for non-invasive assessment of peripheral microvascular function. J Vasc Res (2002) 0.94
The GOAL study: a prospective examination of the impact of factor V Leiden and ABO(H) blood groups on haemorrhagic and thrombotic pregnancy outcomes. Br J Haematol (2007) 0.93
Maternal obesity has little effect on the immediate offspring but impacts on the next generation. Endocrinology (2013) 0.93
Microvascular function, metabolic syndrome, and novel risk factor status in women with cardiac syndrome X. Am J Cardiol (2006) 0.92
Chemokine scavenger D6 is expressed by trophoblasts and aids the survival of mouse embryos transferred into allogeneic recipients. J Immunol (2010) 0.92
Anti-inflammatory mediators as physiological and pharmacological regulators of parturition. Expert Rev Clin Immunol (2011) 0.91
Testing evolutionary hypotheses about human biological adaptation using cross-cultural comparison. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol (2003) 0.90
Metformin and weight loss in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: comparison of doses. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2005) 0.90
Spectral properties of bacterial nitric-oxide reductase: resolution of pH-dependent forms of the active site heme b3. J Biol Chem (2002) 0.90
Transcription factor FnrP from Paracoccus denitrificans contains an iron-sulfur cluster and is activated by anoxia: identification of essential cysteine residues. J Bacteriol (2002) 0.90
The effect of progesterone on myometrial contractility, potassium channels, and tocolytic efficacy. Reprod Sci (2009) 0.89
A role for lipoxin A4 as anti-inflammatory and proresolution mediator in human parturition. FASEB J (2010) 0.89
Iron-sulfur clusters as biological sensors: the chemistry of reactions with molecular oxygen and nitric oxide. Acc Chem Res (2014) 0.89
Subunit organization in the TatA complex of the twin arginine protein translocase: a site-directed EPR spin labeling study. J Biol Chem (2009) 0.89
Evaluation of kisspeptin levels in obese pregnancy as a biomarker for pre-eclampsia. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) (2012) 0.89
Redox-dependent open and closed forms of the active site of the bacterial respiratory nitric-oxide reductase revealed by cyanide binding studies. J Biol Chem (2004) 0.88
The impact of guidelines on mild hypertension in pregnancy: time series analysis. BJOG (2004) 0.87
Mechanism of [4Fe-4S](Cys)4 cluster nitrosylation is conserved among NO-responsive regulators. J Biol Chem (2013) 0.87
Human placental peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta and gamma expression in healthy pregnancy and in preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction. J Soc Gynecol Investig (2005) 0.87
Vascular and myometrial changes in the human uterus at term. Reprod Sci (2008) 0.86
Divergent metabolic and vascular phenotypes in pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction: relevance of adiposity. J Hypertens (2004) 0.86
Effect of prolonged in vivo administration of progesterone in pregnancy on myometrial gene expression, peripheral blood leukocyte activation, and circulating steroid hormone levels. Reprod Sci (2011) 0.86
IMOP: randomised placebo controlled trial of outpatient cervical ripening with isosorbide mononitrate (IMN) prior to induction of labour - clinical trial with analyses of efficacy, cost effectiveness and acceptability. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2006) 0.86
Lipopolysaccharide promotes contraction of uterine myocytes via activation of Rho/ROCK signaling pathways. FASEB J (2013) 0.85
A novel antiinflammatory role for the short-chain fatty acids in human labor. Endocrinology (2011) 0.85
Preeclampsia is associated with compromised maternal synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, leading to offspring deficiency. Hypertension (2012) 0.85
Accidental out-of-hospital deliveries: an obstetric and neonatal case control study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2002) 0.85
The nature of the exchange coupling between high-spin Fe(III) heme o3 and CuBII in Escherichia coli quinol oxidase, cytochrome bo3: MCD and EPR studies. J Am Chem Soc (2004) 0.84
Serum profile of isosorbide mononitrate after vaginal administration in the third trimester. BJOG (2003) 0.84
Expression and localization of cell adhesion molecules in human fetal membranes during parturition. J Reprod Immunol (2004) 0.84
The adverse effects of obesity on reproduction. Reproduction (2010) 0.83