International Journal of Diabetes Research

International Journal of Diabetes Research publishes reports of experimental and clinical research on diabetes mellitus and metabolism. Original contributions on morphological, biochemical, physiological and clinical aspects of research on diabetes and metabolism are welcome. The role of the journal is to provide a venue for dissemination of knowledge and discussion of topics related to diabetes clinical research and patient care.


Offer Erez

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Diabetes Research

Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology "B", Soroka University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Ben Gurion University of The Negev, Israel

Research Areas

Hypertension In Pregnancy, Coagulation and Hemostasis In Normal and Complicated Prgnancies, Preterm Labor and Delivery

Education

1989-1995Doctor of MedicineSchool of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Experience

1995-2005Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2005-2010Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center; Beer-Sheva, Israel
2008-2009Assistant professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2010-presentSenior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center; Beer-Sheva, Israel
2007-2008Auburn University Montgomery, Visiting Assistant Professor

Academic Achievement

2010 Inclusion in the "Marquis Who's Who of the world" for an outstanding achievement in the field of medicine 2011 edition
October 2008, Award of academic excellence Perinatology Research Branch

Membership

1997-Present, Israeli Medical Association, Member
2001-Present, Israeli Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2009-2011, American Institute Ultrasound in Medicine, member
2009-2011, International Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, member

Publications: Journals

[1]  Sheiner E, Kroizman-Sheiner E, Segal D, Mazor M, Erez O, Katz M. Does the station of the fetal head during epidural analgesia affect labor and delivery? Int J Gynecol Obstet 1999; 64:43-47.
[2]  Furman B, Erez O, Senior L, Shoam Vardi I, Mazor M. Hydramnios and small for gestational age: prevalence and clinical significance. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2000; 79:31-6.
[3]  Furman B, Shoam Vardi I, Bashiri A, Erez O, Mazor M. Clinical significance and outcome of preterm premature rupture of membranes: population based study. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2000; 92:206-16.
[4]  Furman B, Shoam Vardi I, Bashiri A, Erez O, Mazor M. Preterm premature rupture of membranes is not an independent risk factor for neonatal morbidity. J Mater Fetal Med 2001;10:107-11.
[5]  Furman B, Bashiri A, Wiznitzer A, Erez O, Holcberg G, Mazor M. Wilson's disease in pregnancy: five successful consecutive pregnancies of the same women. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001;96:232-4.
[6]  Dukler D, Porath A, Bashiri A, Erez O, Mazor M. Remote prognosis of primiparous women with preeclampsia. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001;96: 69-74.
[7]  Hershkovitz R, Erez O, Sheiner E, Shoam Vardi I, Furman B, Bashiri A, Mazor M. A comparison study of peripartum complications between spontaneous and induced labor of small for gestational age neonates in term and preterm gestations. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001;97:141-6.
[8]  Bashiri A, Furman B, Erez O, Mazor M. Twelve cases of placental chorioangioma: pregnancy outcome and clinical significance. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2002;266:53-5.
[9]  Hershkovitz R, Erez O, Mankuta D, Sheiner E, Landau D, Mazor M. Mid trimester HCG> 4.5 is associated with redistribution in middle cerebral artery blood flow. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2003;82:22-7.
[10]  Sheiner E, Hershkovitz R, Shoam Vardi I, Erez O, Hadar A, Mazor M. A retrospective study of unplanned out-of-hospital deliveries. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2004;269:85-8.
[11]  Erez O, Shoham-Vardi I, Sheiner E, Dukler D, Bashiri A, Mazor M. Hydramnios and small for gestational age are independent risk factors for neonatal mortality and maternal morbidity. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2005;271:296-301.
[12]  Erez O, Maymon E, Mazor M. Acute gastric ulcer perforation in a 35 weeks' nulliparous patient with gastric banding. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004;191:1721-2.
[13]  Erez-Weiss I, Erez O, Shoham-Vardi I, Holcberg G, Mazor M. The association between maternal obesity glucose intolerance and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in non diabetic pregnant women. Hypertens Pregnancy. 2005;24:125-36.
[14]  Hershkovitz R, Ohel I, Sheizaf B, Nathan I, Erez O, Sheiner E, Pinku A, Mazor M. Erythropoietin concentration among patients with preeclampsia. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2005;4:1-4.
[15]  Erez O, Shoham-Vardi I, Hallak M, Hershkovitz R., Dukler D, Mazor M. Preeclampsia in twin gestations: Association with IVF treatments, parity and maternal age. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2006;19:141-6.
[16]  Hershkovitz R, Bar G, Erez O, Smolin A, Sheiner E, Mishori-Deri A, Mazor M. Elevated concentrations of maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin are an independent risk factor for SGA in bichorionic gestations. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2005;18:117-22.
[17]  Wildman DE, Chen C, Erez O, Grossman LI, Goodman M, Romero R. Evolution of the mammalian placenta revealed by phylogenetic analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006;103:3203-8. Epub 2006 Feb 21.
[18]  Goncalves LF, Espinoza J, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Swope B, Nien JK, Erez O, Soto E, Treadwell MC. Four-dimensional ultrasonography of the fetal heart using a novel Tomographic Ultrasound Imaging display. J Perinat Med. 2006;34:39-55.
[19]  Espinoza J, Erez O, Romero R Preconceptional antibiotic treatment to prevent preterm birth in women with a previous preterm delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006;194:630-7.
[20]  Kusanovic JP, Soto E, Espinoza J, Stites S, Goncalves LF, Santolaya J, Nien JK, Erez O, Sorokin Y, Romero R. Cervical Varix as a Cause of Vaginal Bleeding During Pregnancy: Prenatal Diagnosis by Color Doppler Ultrasonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2006;25:545-549.
[21]  Novack V, Erez O, Novack L, Jotkowitz A, Meir A, Mazor M. Sex Distribution of Newborns to Mothers With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Epidemiology. 2006 ;17:341-342.
[22]  Nien JK, Yoon BH, Espinoza J, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Soto E, Richani K, Gomez R, Hassan S, Mazor M, Edwin S, Bahado-Singh R, Romero R. A rapid MMP-8 bedside test for the detection of intra-amniotic inflammation identifies patients at risk for imminent preterm delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006;195:1025-30.
[23]  Mayer A, Erez O, Novack L, Bashiri A, Wiznitzer A, Mazor M. Chronic hypertension is an independent risk factor for preeclampsia and preterm delivery in women with rheumatologic diseases: A population-based study. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2007;133:157-63. Epub 2006 Sep 28.
[24]  Hershkovitz R, Sheiner E, Maymon E, Erez O, Mazor M. Cervical length assessment in women with idiopathic polyhydramnios. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2006; 28:775-8.
[25]  Kim JS, Romero R, Cushenberry E, Kim YM, Erez O, Nien JK, Yoon BH, Espinoza J, Kim CJ. Distribution of CD14+ and CD68+ Macrophages in the Placental Bed and Basal Plate of Women With Preeclampsia and Preterm Labor Placenta. 2007;28:571-6. Epub 2006 Oct 17.
[26]  Espinoza J, Romero R, Nien JK, Kusanovic JP, Richani K, Gomez R, Kim CJ, Mittal P, Gotsh F, Erez O, Chaiworapongsa T, Hassan S. A role of the anti-angiogenic factor sVEGFR-1 in the 'mirror syndrome'(Ballantyne's syndrome).J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2006;19:607-613.
[27]  Espinoza J, Romero R, Mee Kim Y, Kusanovic JP, Hassan S, Erez O, Gotsch F, Gabor Than N, Papp Z, Jai Kim C. Normal and abnormal transformation of the spiral arteries during pregnancy. J Perinat Med. 2006;34:447-58.
[28]  Romero R, Espinoza J, Gotsch F, Kusanovic J, Friel L, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Than N, Hassan S, Tromp G. The use of high-dimensional biology (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) to understand the preterm parturition syndrome. BJOG. 2006;113(s3):118-135.
[29]  Romero R, Espinoza J, Kusanovic J, Gotsch F, Hassan S, Erez O, Chaiworapongsa T, Mazor M. The preterm parturition syndrome. BJOG. 2006;113 Suppl 3:17-42.
[30]  Soto E, Espinoza J, Nien JK, Kusanovic J, Erez O, Richani K, Santolaya-F J, Romero R. Human beta-defensin-2: A natural antimicrobial peptide present in amniotic fluid participates in the host response to microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;20:15-22.
[31]  Erez O, Dukler D, Novack L, Rozen A, Zolotnik L, Bashiri A, Koifman A, Mazor M. Trial of labor and vaginal birth after cesarean section in patients with uterine Mullerian anomalies: a population-based study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007;196:537.e1-537.e11.
[32]  Espinoza J, Kusanovic JP, Kim CJ, Kim YM, Kim JS, Hassan SS, Gotsch F, Goncalves LF, Erez O, Friel L, Soto E, Romero R. An episode of preterm labor is a risk factor for the birth of a small-for-gestational-age neonate. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007;196:574.e1-574.e6.
[33]  Kusanovic JP, Espinoza J, Romero R, Hoppensteadt D, Nien JK, Kim CJ, Erez O, Soto E, Fareed J, Edwin S, Chaiworapongsa T, Than NG, Yoon BH, Gomez R, Papp Z, Hassan SS. Plasma protein Z concentrations in pregnant women with idiopathic intrauterine bleeding and in women with spontaneous preterm labor. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;20:453-463.
[34]  Espinoza J, Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Kim YM, Kim GJ, Nien JK, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Bujold E, Goncalves LF, Gomez R, Edwin S. Unexplained fetal death: Another anti-angiogenic state. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;20:495-507.
[35]  Mittal P, Espinoza J, Hassan S, Kusanovic JP, Edwin SS, Nien JK, Gotsch F, Than NG, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R. Placental growth hormone is increased in the maternal and fetal serum of patients with preeclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;20:651-9.
[36]  Erez O, Hoppensteadt D, Romero R, Espinoza J, Goncalves L, Nien JK, Kusanovic JP, Fareed J, Gotsch F, Pineles B, Chaiworapongsa T. Preeclampsia is associated with low concentrations of protein Z. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;20:661-7.
[37]  Kusanovic JP, Espinoza J, Romero R, Goncalves LF, Nien JK, Soto E, Khalek N, Camacho N, Hendler I, Mittal P, Friel LA, Gotsch F, Erez O, Than NG, Mazaki-Tovi S, Schoen ML, Hassan SS. Clinical significance of the presence of amniotic fluid 'sludge' in asymptomatic patients at high risk for spontaneous preterm delivery. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2007;30:706-14.
[38]  Espinoza J, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Erez O, Lee W, Gon?§alves LF, Schoen ML, Hassan SS. The role of the sagittal view of the ductal arch in identification of fetuses with conotruncal anomalies using 4-Dimensional ultrasonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2007;26:1181-1188.
[39]  Gotsch F, Romero R, Espinoza J, Kusanovic JP, Mazaki-Tovi S, Erez O, Than NG, Edwin S, Mazor M, Yoon BH, Hassan SS. Maternal serum concentrations of the chemokine CXCL10/IP-10 are elevated in acute pyelonephritis during pregnancy. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;20:735-44.
[40]  Montenegro D, Romero R, Pineles BL, Tarca AL, Kim YM, Draghici S, Kusanovic JP, Kim JS, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Hassan S, Espinoza J, Kim CJ. Differential expression of microRNAs with progression of gestation and inflammation in the human chorioamniotic membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007;197:289.e1-6.
[41]  Kusanovic JP, Romero R, Espinoza J, Gotsch F, Edwin S, Chaiworapongsa T, Mittal P, Soto E, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Than NG, Friel LA, Yoon BH, Mazor M, Hassan SS. Maternal serum soluble CD30 is increased in pregnancies complicated with acute pyelonephritis. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;22:1-9.
[42]  Kusanovic JP, Romero R, Hassan SS, Gotsch F, Edwin S, Chaiworapongsa T, Erez O, Mittal P, Mazaki-Tovi S, Soto E, Than NG, Friel LA, Yoon BH, Espinoza J. Maternal serum soluble CD30 is increased in normal pregnancy, but decreased in preeclampsia and small for gestational age pregnancies. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;28:1-12.
[43]  Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Espinoza J, Gotsch F, Nhan-Chang CL, Erez O, Kim CJ, Khalek N, Mittal P, Goncalves LF, Schaudinn C, Hassan SS, Costerton JW. What is amniotic fluid 'sludge'? Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2007;30:793-798.
[44]  Mittal P, Hassan SS, Espinoza J, Kusanovic JP, Edwin S, Gotsch F, Erez O, Than NG, Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R. The effect of gestational age and labor on placental growth hormone in amniotic fluid. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2007 Sep 29; [Epub ahead of print]; 2008; 18/2: 174-179.
[45]  Nien JK, Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Pineles BL, Gomez R, Edwin S, Mazor M, Espinoza J, Hyun Yoon B, Hassan SS. Plasma adiponectin concentrations in non-pregnant, normal and overweight pregnant women. J Perinat Med. 2007;35:522-31
[46]  Nien JK, Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Pineles BL, Gomez R, Edwin S, Mazor M, Espinoza J, Yoon BH, Hassan SS. Adiponectin in severe preeclampsia. J Perinat Med. 2007;35:503-12.
[47]  Nien JK, Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Gotsch F, Pineles BL, Friel LA, Espinoza J, Goncalves L, Santolaya J, Gomez R, Hong JS, Edwin S, Soto E, Richani K, Mazor M, Hassan SS. Resistin: a hormone which induces insulin resistance is increased in normal pregnancy. J Perinat Med. 2007;35:513-21.
[48]  Gotsch F, Romero R, Friel L, Kusanovic JP, Espinoza J, Erez O, Than NG, Mittal P, Edwin S, Yoon BH, Kim CJ, Mazaki-Tovi S, Chaiworapongsa T, Hassan SS. CXCL10/IP-10: A missing link between inflammation and anti-angiogenesis in preeclampsia? J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007;20:777-92.
[49]  Espinoza J, Hassan SS, Gotsch F, Kusanovic JP, Lee W, Erez O, Goncalves LF, Schoen ML, Romero R. A Systematic Approach to the Use of the Multiplanar Display in Evaluation of Abnormal Vascular Connections to the Fetal Heart Using 4-Dimensional Ultrasonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2007;26:1461-1467.
[50]  Erez O, Mayer A, Shoham-Vardi I, Dukler D, Mazor M. Primiparity, assisted reproduction, and preterm birth in twin pregnancies: a population based study. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2008;277:311-7. Epub 2007 Oct 31.
[51]  Santolaya-Forgas J, Edwin S, Zeiter K, Pitt A, Pineles B, Tarca AL, Espinoza J, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Wolf R, Romero R. The timed-pregnant baboon animal model can be used for determining the role of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1 and 2 during development. J Med Primatol. 2007;36:370-374.
[52]  Romero R, Schaudinn C, Kusanovic JP, Gorur A, Gotsch F, Nhan-Chang CL, Erez O, Kim CJ, Goncalves LF, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Hassan SS, Costerton JW. Microbial biofilms in intra-amniotic infection and their implications for diagnosis treatment. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;198:135.e1-135.e5.
[53]  Romero R, Nien J K, Espinoza J, Todem D, Fu W, Chung H, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gomez R, Edwin S, Chaiworapongsa T, Anthony J, Levine R, Karumanchi A. The profile of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in maternal plasma in patients destined to develop preeclampsia and SGA: observations from a longitudinal study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;21:9-23.
[54]  Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Gotsch F, Kusanovic JP, Espinoza J, Goncalves L F, Edwin S, Kim Y M, Erez O, Than NG, Pineles B, Papp Z, Hassan SS. The Maternal Plasma Soluble Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 Concentration is Elevated in SGA and the Magnitude of the Increase Relates to Doppler Abnormalities in the Maternal and Fetal Circulation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;21:25-40.
[55]  Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Gotsch F, Espinoza J, Nien JK, Goncalves L F, Edwin S, Kim Y M, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Pineles B, Papp Z, Hassan SS. Low maternal concentrations of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 in preeclampsia and SGA. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;21:41-52.
[56]  Kusanovic JP, Nien J K, Goncalves LF, Espinoza J, Soto E, Erez O, Romero R, Lee W. The use of inversion mode and 3D manual segmentation in volume measurement of fetal fluid-filled structures: comparison with virtual organ computer-aided analysis (VOCAL). Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2008;31:177-186 [Epub ahead of print]
[57]  Uddin M, Goodman M, Erez O, Romero R, Liu G, Islam M, Opazo JC, Sherwood CC, Grossman LI Wildman DE. Distinct genomic signatures of adaptation in pre-and post-natal environments during human evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008;105:3215-20. Epub 2008 Feb 27.
[58]  Ben-David G, Sheiner E, Levy A, Erez O, Mazor M. An increased risk for non allo-immunization related intrauterine fetal death in RhD-negative patients. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008;21:255-9.
[59]  Toft JH, Lian IA, Tarca AL, Erez O, Espinoza J, Eide IP, Bjorge L, Draghici S, Romero R, Austgulen R. Whole-genome microarray and targeted analysis of angiogenesis-regulating gene expression (ENG, FLT1, VEGF, PlGF) in placentas from pre-eclamptic and small-for-gestational-age pregnancies. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008;21:267-73.
[60]  Chen C, Opazo J C, Erez O, Uddin M, Santolaya-Forgas J, Goodman M, Grossman LI, Romero R, and Wildman D E. The human progesterone receptor shows evidence of adaptive evolution associated with its ability to act as a transcription factor. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008;47:637-49. Epub 2008 Feb 1.
[61]  Kusanovic JP, Romero R, Espinoza J, Nien JK, Kim CJ, Mittal P, Edwin SS, Erez O, Gotsch F, Mazaki-Tovi S, Than N G, Soto E, Camacho N, Gomez R, Quintero R, Hassan SS. Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: an anti-angiogenic state? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;198:382.e1-8.
[62]  Erez O, Romero R, Espinoza J, Fu W, Todem D, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Edwin S, Nien JK, Chaiworapongsa T, Mittal P, Mazaki-Tovi S, Than N G, Gomez R, and. Hassan S S. The change in concentrations of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in maternal plasma between the first and second trimesters in risk assessment for the subsequent development of preeclampsia and SGA. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;21:279-287.
[63]  Erez O, Romero R, Kim SS, Kim JS, Kim YM, Wildman DE, Than NG, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Pineles B, Kusanovic JP, Espinoza J, Mittal P, Mazor M, Hassan S, Kim C J. Over-expression of the thrombin receptor (PAR-1) in the placenta in preeclampsia: a mechanism for the intersection of coagulation and inflammation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;21:345-355.
[64]  Romero R, Espinoza J, Rogers W T, Moser A, Nien J K, Kusanovic J P, Gotsch F, Erez O, Gomez R, Edwin S, Hassan S. Proteomic Analysis of Amniotic Fluid to Identify Women with Preterm Labor an d Intra-amniotic Inflammation/Infection: The Use of a Novel Computational Method to Analyze Mass Spectrometric Profiling. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;21:367-388.
[65]  Gotsch F, Romero R, Kusanovic J P, Chaiworapongsa T, Dombrowski M, Erez O, Than N G, Mazaki-Tovi S, Mittal P, Espinoza J, and Hassan S S. Preeclampsia and SGA are associated with decreased concentrations of a factor involved in angiogenesis: soluble tie-2. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;21:389-402.
[66]  Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Than NG, Erez O, Gotsch F, Espinoza J, Edwin S, Chefetz I, Gomez R, Nien JK, Sammar M, Pineles B, Hassan SS, Meiri H, Tal Y, Kuhnreich I, Papp Z, Cuckle HS. First-trimester maternal serum PP13 in the risk assessment for preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;199:122.e1-122.e11. Epub 2008 Jun 9.
[67]  Chaiworapongsa T, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kusanovic JP, Vaisbuch E, Gotsch F, Than NG, Mittal P, Kim YM, Camacho N, Edwin S, Gomez R, Hassan SS, Romero R. Amniotic Fluid Heat Shock Protein 70 Concentration in Histologic Chorioamnionitis, Term and Preterm Parturition. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 2008;21:449-461.
[68]  Gotsch F, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Espinoza J, Kim CJ, Vaisbuch E, Than NG, Mazaki-Tovi S, Chaiworapongsa T, Mazor M, Yoon BH, Edwin S, Gomez R, Mittal P, Hassan SS, Sharma S. The anti-inflammatory limb of the immune response in preterm labor, intra-amniotic infection/inflammation and spontaneous parturition at term: A role for Interleukin-10. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 2008;21:529-47.
[69]  Than N G, Erez O, Wildman D E, Kim CJ, Tarca A L, Edwin SS, Abbas A, Hotra J, Kusanovic JP. Gotsch F, Hassan S, Espinoza J, Papp Z, Romero R, Severe preeclampsia is characterized by increased placental expression of galectin-1. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;21:429–442.
[70]  Hamill N, Romero R, Gotsch F, Pedro Kusanovic J, Edwin S, Erez O, Gabor Than N, Mittal P, Espinoza J, Friel LA, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Hassan SS. Exodus-1 (CCL20): evidence for the participation of this chemokine in spontaneous labor at term, preterm labor, and intrauterine infection. J Perinat Med. 2008;36:217-27.
[71]  Romero R, Espinoza J, Hassan S, Gotsch F, Kusanovic JP, Avila C, Erez O, Edwin S, Schmidt A. Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE) and endogenous secretory RAGE (esRAGE) in amniotic fluid: modulation by infection and inflammation. J. Perinat. Med 2008;36:388-98.
[72]  Erez O, Romero R, Hoppensteadt D, Fareed J, Chaiworapongsa T, Kusanovic JP, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Than NG, Vaisbuch E, Kim CJ, Espinoza J, Mittal P, Nhan-Chang C, Hamill N, Mazor M, Hassan S. Is Premature Labor a State of Platelet Activation? Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2008;36:377-87
[73]  Mazaki-TovI S, Romero R, Kusanovic J.P, Erez O, Gotsch F, Mittal P, Than GN, Nhan-Chang CL, Hamill N., Vaisbuch E, Chaiworapongsa T, Edwin S, Nien JK, Espinoza J, Kendal-Wright C., Hassan SS, Bryant-Greenwood G. Visfatin/Pre-B Cell Colony-Enhancing Factor in Amniotic Fluid in Normal Pregnancy, Spontaneous Labor at Term, Preterm Labor and Prelabor Rupture of Membranes: an Association with Subclinical Intrauterine Infection in Preterm Parturition. Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2008;36:485-96.
[74]  Than NG, Kim SS, Abbas A, Han YM, Hotra J, Tarca AL, Erez O, Wildman DE, Kusanovic JP, Pineles B, Montenegro D, Edwin SS, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Espinoza J, Hassan SS, Papp Z, Romero R. Chorioamnionitis and Increased Galectin-1 Expression in PPROM-An Anti-Inflammatory Response in the Fetal Membranes? Am J Reprod Immunol. 2008;60:298-311.
[75]  Than NG, Romero R, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Tarca AL, Edwin SS, Kim JS, Hassan SS, Espinoza J, Mittal P, Mazaki-Tovi S, Friel L, Gotsch F, Vaisbuch E, Camacho N, Papp Z. A Role for Mannose-Binding Lectin, a Component of the Innate Immune System in Pre-Eclampsia. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2008;60:333-45.
[76]  DiGiulio DB, Romero R, Amogan HP, Kusanovic JP, Bik EM, Gotsch F, Kim CJ, Erez O, Edwin S, Relman DA. Microbial prevalence, diversity and abundance in amniotic fluid during preterm abor: a molecular and culture-based investigation. PLoS ONE. 2008;3:e3056.
[77]  Mittal P, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Edwin SS, Gotsch F, Mazaki-Tovi S, Espinoza J, Erez O, Nhan-Chang CL, Than NG Vaisbuch E, Hassan SS. CXCL6 (Granulocyte Chemotactic Protein-2): a novel chemokine involved in the innate immune response of the amniotic cavity American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 2008;60:246-57.
[78]  Nien JK, Romero R, Hoppensteadt D, Erez O, Espinoza J, Soto E, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Kim CJ, Mittal P, Fareed J, Santolaya J, Chaiworapongsa T, Edwin S, Pineles B, Hassan S. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008;2: 629-637.
[79]  Gotsch F, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Espinoza J, Kusanovic JP, Mittal P, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kim CJ, Kim JS, Edwin S, Nhan-Chang CL, Hamill N, Friel LA, Than NG, Mazor M, Yoon BH, Hassan SS. Evidence of the Involvement of Caspase-1 under Physiologic and Pathologic Cellular Stress during Human Pregnancy: A Link Between the Inflammasome and Parturition. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2008;21: 605-616.
[80]  Than NG, Romero R, Erez O, Weckle A, Tarca AL, Hotra J, Abbas A, Han YM, Kim SS, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Hou Z, Santolaya-Forgas J, Benirschke K, Papp Z, Grossman LI, Goodman M, Wildman DE. Emergence of hormonal and redox regulation of galectin-1 in placental mammals-implication in maternal-fetal immune tolerance. PNAS 2008;105:15819-24. Epub 2008 Sep 29.
[81]  Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Than NG, Mazaki-Tovi S, Mittal P, Edwin S, Hassan SS. Total hemoglobin concentration in amniotic fluid is increased in intraamniotic infection/inflammation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;199:426.e1-7.
[82]  Lampl M, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Espinoza J, Gotsch F, Goncalves L, Hassan S, Gomez R, Nien JK, Frongillo EA, Romero R. Early rapid growth, early birth: Accelerated fetal growth and spontaneous late preterm birth. Am J Hum Biol. 2008 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]; 2009;21:141-50.
[83]  Montenegro D, Romero R, Kim S, Tarca A, Draghici S, Kusanovic J, Kim J, Lee D, Erez O, Gotsch F, Hassan S, Kim C. Expression patterns of microRNAs in the chorioamniotic membranes: a role for microRNAs in human pregnancy and parturition. J Pathol. 2008 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print] J Pathol 2009; 217: 113–121.
[84]  Erez O, Espinoza J, Chaiworapongsa T, Gotsch F, Kusanovic JP, Than NG, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Papp Z, Yoon BH, Mi Han Y, Hoppensteadt D, Fareed J, Hassan SS, Romero R. A link between a hemostatic disorder and preterm PROM: a role for tissue factor and tissue factor pathway inhibitor. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008;21:732-44.
[85]  Bujold E, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Gotsch F, Chaiworapongsa T, Gomez R, Espinoza J, Vaisbuch E, Mee Kim Y, Edwin S, Pisano M, Allen B, Podust VN, Dalmasso EA, Rutherford J, Rogers W, Moser A, Yoon BH, Barder T. Proteomic profiling of amniotic fluid in preterm labor using two-dimensional liquid separation and mass spectrometry. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008;21:697-713.
[86]  Nhan-Chang C, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Edwin S, Erez O, Mittal P, Espinoza J, Friel L, Vaisbuch E, Than NG, Mazaki-Tovi S, Hassan S. A Role for CXCL13 in The Host Response to Intra-Amniotic Infection. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2008;21:763-775.
[87]  Mazaki-TovI S, Romero R, kusanovic J.P, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Gotsch F, Mittal P, Than G N, Nhan-Chang CL, Chaiworapongsa T, Edwin S, Camacho N, Nien JK, Hassan SS. Adiponectin multimers in maternal plasma. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2008;21:795-815.
[88]  Erez O, Romero R, Hoppensteadt D, Than N G, Fareed J, Mazaki-Tovi S, Espinoza J, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim S-S, Yoon B H, Hassan S, Gotsch F, Friel L, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic JP. Tissue factor and its natural inhibitor in preeclampsia and SGA. J Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Med 2008;22:855-869.
[89]  Kusanovic JP, Romero R, Mazaki-Tovi S, Chaiworapongsa T, Mittal P, Gotsch F, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Edwin S, Than G N, Camacho N, Pacora P, Rogers W, and Hassan S S. Resistin in Amniotic Fluid and its Association with Intra-amniotic Infection and Inflammation. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2008;22:902-916.
[90]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Than NG, Chaiworapongsa T, Nhan-Chang CL, Pacora P, Gotsch F, Yeo L, Kim SK, Edwin SS, Hassan SS, Mittal P. Visfatin in human pregnancy: maternal gestational diabetes vis-à-vis neonatal birthweight. J Perinat Med. 2008 Dec 19 [Epub ahead of print], 2009;37(3):218-31.
[91]  Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Kusanovic J P, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Kim C J, Kim J S, Yeo L, Hassan S S. THREE DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF PLACENTAL MESENCHYMAL DYSPLASIA. J Ultrasound Med. 2009;28:359-68.
[92]  Lampl M, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Gotsch F, Espinoza J, Goncalves L, Lee W, Gomez R, Nien JK, Frongillo EA, Romero R. Growth perturbations in a phenotype with rapid fetal growth preceding preterm labor and term birth. Am J Hum Biol. 2009;21:782-92.
[93]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic J P, Erez O, Gotsch F, Chaiworapongsa T, Than N G, Kim SK, Nhan-Chang CL, Jodicke C, Pacora P, Yeo L, Dong Z, Hassan S S, Mittal P. MATERNAL SERUM ADIPONECTIN MULTIMERS IN PREECLAMPSIA. J Perinat Med. 2009;37:349-63
[94]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Than NG, Chaiworapongsa T, Nhan-Chang CL, Pacora P, Gotsch F, Yeo L, Kim SK, Edwin SS, Hassan SS, Mittal P. Maternal visfatin concentration in normal pregnancy. J Perinat Med. 2009;37:206-17.
[95]  Pacora P, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Kusanovic J P, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Kim C J, Than NG,, Yeo L, Mittal P, Hassan S S. Amniotic Fluid Angiopoietin-2 in Term and Preterm Parturition, and Intra-amniotic Infection/Inflammation. Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2009 J Perinat Med. 2009;37:503-11.
[96]  Than N G, Romero R, Goodman M, Weckle A, Xing J, Dong Z, Xu Y, Tarquini F, Szilagyi A, Gal P, Hou Z, Tarca A L, C J Kim, Kim J S,, Haidarian S, Uddin M, Bohn H, Benirschke K, Santolaya-Forgas J, Grossman L I, Erez O, Hassan S S, Zavodszky P, Papp Z, Wildman D E. From birth to death: evolution of a primate subfamily of galectins expressed at the maternal-fetal interface that promote T-cell apoptosis. PNAS 2009 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:9731-6. Epub 2009 Jun 2.
[97]  Kim M.J, Romero R, Gervasi M T, Kim J S, Yoo W, Lee D C, Mittal P, Erez O, Kusanovic J P, Hassan S, and Kim C J. Widespread Microbial Invasion of the Chorioamniotic Membranes is a Consequence and not a Cause of Intra-amniotic Infection. Laboratory Investigation 2009;89:924-36. Epub 2009 Jun 8.
[98]  Kim SK, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Kusanovic JP, Mazaki-Tovi S, Mittal P, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Gotsch F, Pacora P, Yeo L, Gervasi MT, Lamont RF, Yoon BH, Hassan SS. Evidence of changes in the immunophenotype and metabolic characteristics (intracellular reactive oxygen radicals) of fetal, but not maternal, monocytes and granulocytes in the fetal inflammatory response syndrome. J Perinat Med. 2009;37:543-52.
[99]  Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Kim CJ, Kim JS, Chaiworapongsa T, Edwin S, Than NG, Nhan-Chang CL, Mazor M, Mittal P, Hassan SS, Romero R. Amniotic fluid fetal hemoglobin in normal pregnancies and pregnancies complicated with preterm labor or prelabor rupture of membranes. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009;22:388-97.
[100]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Mittal P, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim SK, Pacora P, Yeo L, Gotsch F, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Kusanovic JP. Maternal serum adiponectin multimers in gestational diabetes. J Perinat Med. 2009;37:637-50.
[101]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Mittal P, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim SK, Pacora P, Yeo L, Gotsch F, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Kusanovic JP. Maternal serum adiponectin multimers in patients with a small-for-gestational-age newborn. J Perinat Med. 2009;37:623-35.
[102]  Than GN, Romero R, Tarca AL, Draghici S, Erez O, Chaiworapongsa T, Mee Kim Y, Kim SK, Vaisbuch E, Tromp G. Mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase mRNA expression in human chorioamniotic membranes and its association with labor, inflammation, and infection. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009;22:1000-13.
[103]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Chaiworapongsa T, Mittal P, Kim SK, Pacora P, Gotsch F, Dong Z, Hassan SS, Kusanovic JP. Maternal plasma visfatin in preterm labor. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009;22:693-704.
[104]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Mittal P, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim SK, Pacora P, Yeo L, Gotsch F, Dong Z, Nhan-Chang CL, Jodicke C, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Kusanovic JP. Dysregulation of maternal serum adiponectin in preterm labor. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009;22:887-904.
[105]  Kusanovic JP, Romero R, Gotsch F, Mittal P, Erez O, Kim CJ, Hassan SS, Espinoza J, Yeo L. Discordant placental echogenicity: a novel sign of impaired placental perfusion in twin-twin transfusion syndrome? J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jul 7:1-4. [Epub ahead of print] 2010;23:103-6.
[106]  Erez O, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kusanovic JP, Chaiworapongsa T, Than NG, Gotsch F, Kim CJ, Mittal P, Edwin S, Pacora P, Kim SK, Yeo L, Mazor M, Hassan SS. Maternal anti-protein Z antibodies in pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia, SGA and fetal death. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009;22:662-71.
[107]  Kusanovic JP, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Mittal P, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Gotsch F, Than NG, Edwin SS, Pacora P, Jodicke C, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Amniotic fluid sTREM-1 in normal pregnancy, spontaneous parturition at term and preterm, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010;23:34-47.
[108]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Mittal P, Gotsch F, Chaiworapongsa T, Than NG, Kim SK, Pacora P, Yeo L, Dong Z, Hassan SS. Adiponectin in amniotic fluid in normal pregnancy, spontaneous labor at term, and preterm labor: A novel association with intra-amniotic infection/inflammation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jul 8:1-11[Epub ahead of print], 2010;23:34-47.
[109]  Erez O, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Chaiworapongsa T, Kusanovic JP, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Gomez R, Maymon E, Pacora P, Edwin SS, Kim CJ, Than NG, Mittal P, Yeo L, Dong Z, Yoon BH, Hassan SS, Mazor M. Changes in amniotic fluid concentration of thrombin-antithrombin III complexes in patients with preterm labor: Evidence of an increased thrombin generation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jul 8:1-12. [Epub ahead of print], 2009;22:971-82.
[110]  Erez O, Romero R, Tarca AL, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim YM, Than NG, Vaisbuch E, Draghici S, Tromp G. Differential expression pattern of genes encoding for anti-microbial peptides in the fetal membranes of patients with spontaneous preterm labor and intact membranes and those with preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jul 8:1-13. [Epub ahead of print], 2009;22:1103-15.
[111]  Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Pedro KJ, Soto E, Gotsch F, Dong Z, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim SK, Mittal P, Pacora P, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Fragment Bb in amniotic fluid: evidence for complement activation by the alternative pathway in women with intra-amniotic infection/inflammation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jul 13:1-12. [Epub ahead of print], 2009;22:905-16..
[112]  Kusanovic JP, Romero R, Jodicke C, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Mittal P, Gotsch F, Chaiworapongsa T, Edwin SS, Pacora P, Hassan SS. Amniotic fluid soluble human leukocyte antigen-G in term and preterm parturition, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jul 16:1-16. [Epub ahead of print], 2009;22:1151-66.
[113]  Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Gotsch F, Kusanovic JP, Mittal P, Kim SK, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kim CJ, Dong Z, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Acute pyelonephritis during pregnancy changes the balance of angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in maternal plasma. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jul 16:1-12. [Epub ahead of print], 2010 ;23:167-78.
[114]  Soto E, Romero R, Richani K, Yoon BH, Chaiworapongsa T, Vaisbuch E, Mittal P, Erez O, Gotsch F, Mazor M, Kusanovic JP. Evidence for complement activation in the amniotic fluid of women with spontaneous preterm labor and intra-amniotic infection. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Jul 17:1-10. [Epub ahead of print].
[115]  Kim SK, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Mittal P, Chaiworapongsa T, Pacora P, Oggé G, Gomez R, Yoon BH, Yeo L, Lamont RF, Hassan SS. The prognosis of pregnancy conceived despite the presence of an intrauterine device (IUD). J Perinat Med. 2009 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print], 2010;38:45-53.
[116]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Chaiworapongsa T, Erez O, Mittal P, Kim SK, Gotsch F, Lamont R, Ogge G, Pacora P, Goncalves L, Kim CJ, Gomez R, Espinoza J, Hassan SS, Kusanovic JP. Low circulating maternal adiponectin in patients with pyelonephritis: adiponectin at the crossroads of pregnancy and infection. J Perinat Med. 2009 Aug 4 [Epub ahead of print], 2010;38:9-17.
[117]  Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Moser A, Tam S, Leszyk J, Master SR, Juhasz P, Pacora P, Ogge G, Gomez R, Yoon BH, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Rogers WT. Isobaric labeling and tandem mass spectrometry: A novel approach for profiling and quantifying proteins differentially expressed in amniotic fluid in preterm labor with and without intra-amniotic infection/inflammation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Aug 6:1-20. [Epub ahead of print], 2010;23:261-80.
[118]  Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Tarca A, Kusanovic JP, Mittal P, Kim SK, Gotsch F, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Pacora P, Ogge G, Dong Z, Kim CJ, Yeo L, Hassan SS. A subset of patients destined to develop spontaneous preterm labor has an abnormal angiogenic/anti-angiogenic profile in maternal plasma: Evidence in support of pathophysiologic heterogeneity of preterm labor derived from a longitudinal study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Aug 6:1-18 [Epub ahead of print], 2009;22:1122-39.
[119]  Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Mazaki-Tovi S, Erez O, Kim SK, Chaiworapongsa T, Gotsch F, Than NG, Dong Z, Pacora P, Lamont R, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Kusanovic JP. Retinol binding protein 4-a novel association with early-onset preeclampsia. J Perinat Med. 2009 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print], 2010;38:129-39 .
[120]  Erez O, Gotsch F, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic J P, Kim C J, Chaiworapongsa T, Hoppensteadt D, Fareed J, Than N G, Nhan-Chang CL, Yeo L, Pacora P, Mazor M, Hassan S S, Mittal P, Romero R. Evidence of Maternal Platelet Activation, Excessive Thrombin Generation, and High Amniotic Fluid Tissue Factor Immunoreactivity and Functional Activity in Patients with Fetal Death. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2009 ;22:672-87.
[121]  Kusanovic J P, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Erez O, Mittal P, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Edwin S S, Gomez R, Yeo L, Conde-Agudelo A, and Hassan S S. A Prospective Cohort Study of the Value of Maternal Plasma Concentrations of Angiogenic and Anti-angiogenic Factors in Early Pregnancy and Midtrimester in the Identification of Patients Destined to Develop Preeclampsia. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2009;22:1021-38.
[122]  Erez O, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic JP, Mazaki-Tovi S, Chaiworapongsa T, Gotsch F, Fareed J, Hoppensteadt D, Gabor TN, Yoon BH, Edwin S, Dong Z, Espinoza J, Mazor M, Hassan SS. High tissue factor activity and low tissue factor pathway inhibitor concentrations in patients with preterm labor. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010;23:23-33.
[123]  Kusanovic J P, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Mittal P, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Gotsch F, Than N G, Edwin S S, Pacora P, Jodicke C, Yeo L, Hassan S S. Amniotic fluid sTREM-1 in normal pregnancy, spontaneous parturition at term and preterm, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal 2010;23:34-47.
[124]  Gotsch F, Romero R, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic J P, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kim SK, Hassan S S, Yeo L. The preterm parturition syndrome and its implications for understanding the biology, risk assessment, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of preterm birth. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2009;22 Suppl 2:5-23.
[125]  Mittal P, Romero R, Mazaki-Tovi S, Tarca A, Kim Y M, Chaiworapongsa T, Kusanovic J P, Erez O, Than N G, . Hassan S S, Tromp G. . Fetal membranes as an interface between inflammation and metabolism: increased aquaporin 9 expression in the presence of spontaneous labor at term and chorioamnionitis. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009;22(12):1167-75.
[126]  Espinoza J, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Gotsch F, Erez O, Hassan S, Yeo L. Prenatal Diagnosis of Coarctation of Aorta with Multiplanar Display and B-flow Imaging Using 4D Ultrasonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2009;28:1375-8.
[127]  Hassan SS, Romero R, Tarca AL, Nhan-Chang CL, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Mittal P, Kusanovic JP, Mazaki-Tovi S, Yeo L, Draghici S, Kim JS, Uldbjerg N, Kim CJ. The transcriptome of cervical ripening in human pregnancy before the onset of labor at term: identification of novel molecular functions involved in this process. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009;22:1183-93.
[128]  Oggé G, Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Gervasi MT, Pacora P, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Gotsch F, Mittal P, Kim YM, Hassan SS. Leukocytes of pregnant women with small-for-gestational age neonates have a different phenotypic and metabolic activity from those of women with preeclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]
[129]  Gotsch F, Romero R, Espinoza J, Kusanovic J P, Erez O, Hassan S, Yeo. Prenatal Diagnosis of Truncus Arteriosus using multiplanar display in 4D ultrasonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2010;23:297-307.
[130]  Hassan SS, Romero R, Pineles B, Tarca AL, Montenegro D, Erez O, Mittal P, Kusanovic JP, Mazaki-Tovi S, Espinoza J, Nhan-Chang CL, Draghici S, Kim CJ. MicroRNA expression profiling of the human uterine cervix after term labor and delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010;202:80.e1-8. Epub 2009 Nov 4.
[131]  Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Mittal P, Kim SK, Gotsch F, Than NG, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Sorokin Y. Plasma soluble endoglin concentration in pre-eclampsia is associated with an increased impedance to flow in the maternal and fetal circulations. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2010;35:155-62.
[132]  Cruciani L, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic JP, Chaiworapongsa T, Mazaki-Tovi S, Mittal P, Ogge G, Gotsch F, Erez O, Kim SK, Dong Z, Pacora P, Lamont RF, Yeo L, Hassan SS, Di Renzo GC. Pentraxin 3 in amniotic fluid: a novel association with intra-amniotic infection and inflammation. J Perinat Med. 2010;38:161-71.
[133]  Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Mittal P, Gotsch F, Chaiworapongsa T, Than NG, Kim SK, Pacora P, Yeo L, Dong Z, Hassan SS. Adiponectin in amniotic fluid in normal pregnancy, spontaneous labor at term, and preterm labor: a novel association with intra-amniotic infection/inflammation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010;23:120-30.
[134]  Soto E, Romero R, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kusanovic JP, Dong Z, Chaiworapongsa T, Yeo L, Mittal P, Hassan SS. Fragment Bb: evidence for activation of the alternative pathway of the complement system in pregnant women with acute pyelonephritis. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010;23:1085-90. Epub 2010 Mar 10.
[135]  Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kusanovic JP, Soto E, Dong Z, Chaiworapongsa T, Kim SK, Ogge G, Pacora P, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Activation of the alternative pathway of complement is a feature of pre-term parturition but not of spontaneous labor at term. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2010;63:318-30. Epub 2010 Feb 12.
[136]  Chaiworapongsa T, Romero R, Tarca A, Kusanovic J P, Gotsch F, Mittal P, Kim S K, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Dong Z, Kim C J, Yeo L, and Hassan S. A decrease in maternal plasma concentrations of svegfr-2 precedes the clinical diagnosis of preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010;202:550.e1-10.
[137]  Romero R, Chaiworapongsa T, Erez O, Tarca AL, GERVASI MT, Kusanovic JP, Mittal P, Ogge G, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Dong Z, Kim SK, Yeo L, Hassan SS An imbalance between angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors precedes foetal death in a subset of patients: results of a longitudinal study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010;23:1384-99. Epub 2010 May 12
[138]  Nhan-Chang CL, Romero R, Tarca A L, Mittal P, Kusanovic J P, Erez O, Mazaki-Tovi S, Chaiworapongsa T, Hotra J, Than N J, Kim J S, Hassan S S, Kim C J. Characterization of the transcriptome of chorioamniotic membranes at the site of rupture in spontaneous labor at term. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010;202:462.e1-41.
[139]  Vaisbuch E, Romero R, Mazaki-Tovi S, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Mittal P, Gotsch F, Ward C, Romero V, Chaiworapongsa T, Pacora P, Yeo L, Hassan SS. The Risk of Impending Preterm Delivery in Asymptomatic Patients with a Non-Measurable Cervical Length in the Second Trimester. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010;203:446.e1-9. Epub 2010 Jul 24.
[140]  Lee DC, Romero R, Kim CJ, Chaiworapongsa T, Tarca A L, Lee J, Suh SL, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Mittal P, Draghici S, Erez O, Kusanovic JP, Hassan SS, Kim J S. Surfactant Protein-A as an Q:1 Anti-Inflammatory Component in the Amnion: Implications for Human Pregnancy. J Immunol. 2010;184:6479-91. Epub 2010 May 3
[141]  Espinoza J, Kusanovic JP, Bahado-Singh R, Gervasi MT, Romero R, Lee W, Vaisbuch E, Mazaki-Tovi S, Mittal P, Gotsch F, Erez O, Gomez R, Yeo L, Hassan SS. Should bilateral uterine artery notching be used in the risk assessment for preeclampsia, small-for-gestational-age, and gestational hypertension? J Ultrasound Med. 2010;29:1103-15.
[142]  Edwards DR, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Hassan SS, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Kim CJ, Erez O, Chaiworapongsa T, Pearce BD, Bartlett J, Friel LA, Salisbury BA, Anant MK, Vovis GF, Lee MS, Gomez R, Behnke E, Oyarzun E, Tromp G, Menon R, Williams SM. Polymorphisms in maternal and fetal genes encoding for proteins involved in extracellular matrix metabolism alter the risk for small-for-gestational-age. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 Jul 9. [Epub ahead of print]
[143]  Romero R, Friel LA, Velez Edwards DR, Kusanovic JP, Hassan SS, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Kim CJ, Erez O, Chaiworapongsa T, Pearce BD, Bartlett J, Salisbury BA, Anant MK, Vovis GF, Lee MS, Gomez R, Behnke E, Oyarzun E, Tromp G, Williams SM, Menon R. A genetic association study of maternal and fetal candidate genes that predispose to preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM). Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct;203(4):361.e1-361.e30. Epub 2010 Jul 31.
[144]  Than NG, Romero R, Meiri H, Erez O, Xu Y, Tarquini F, Barna L, Szilagyi A, Ackerman R, Sammar M, Fule T, Karaszi K, Kovalszky I, Dong Z, Kim CJ, Zavodszky P, Papp Z, Gonen R. PP13, Maternal ABO Blood Groups and the Risk Assessment of Pregnancy Complications. PLoS One. 2011;6:e21564. Epub 2011 Jul 25.

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[1]  Santolaya-Forgas J, Romero R, Espinoza J, Erez O, Friel L, Kusanovic JP, Bahado-Singh R, Nien JK. Prelabor rupture of the membranes. In: Reece A, Hobbins J (eds). Clinical Obstetrics: The Fetus and Mother, 3rd Edition. Blackwell Publishing; 2006; pp. 1130-1188.
[2]  Erez O, Erez-Weiss I, Vaisbuch E, Mazor M. Epidemiology of preterm birth. In Sheiner E (Ed). Textbook of Perinatal Epidemiology, Nova Science; 2009;pp 543-592
[3]  Than NG, Vaisbuch E, Kim CJ, Mazaki-Tovi S, Erez O, Yeo L, Mittal P, Hupuczi P Hassan SS, Zoltan P, Romero R. "Early-onset preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome: an overview" in Preedy V R (Ed) "Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease", Springer; 2010 (in press).
[4]  Erez O, Erez-Weiss I, Beer-Wisel R, Kleitman-Meir V, Mazor M. "Vaginal Bleeding and Preterm Delivery" in Sheiner E(Ed). "The comprehensive guide to bleeding during pregnancy", Springer; 2010 (in press).
[5]  Erez O, Erez-Weiss I, Vaisbuch E, Mazor M. Epidemiology of preterm birth. In Sheiner E (Ed).Epidemiological perspectives of maternal-fetal medicine, Nova Science; 2010 (in press).