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The Mother Infant Research Institute and Floating Hospital for Children are the editorial homes of the medical journals Prenatal Diagnosis and Pediatric Research.
The publications below feature scientific and clinical research being performed by investigators at the Mother Infant Research Institute.
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2012
Bianchi DW, Platt LD, Goldberg JD, Abuhamad AZ, Sehnert AJ, Rava RP.
Genome-Wide Fetal aneuploidy detection by maternal plasma DNA sequencing. Obstet Gynecol 2012 [Epub ahead of print].
Dietz JA, Johnson KL, Wick HC, Bianchi DW, Maron JL. Optimal techniques for mRNA extraction from neonatal salivary supernatant. Neonatology 2012;101:55-60.
Hall LM, Hannon DJ, Leisk GG, Wolfberg AJ, House MD. Measurement of fetal heart rate variability on an electronic monitor using a prototype electronic ruler. Am J Perinatol 2012 [Epub ahead of print].
House M, Daniel J, Elstad K, Socrate S, Kaplan DL. Oxygen tension and formation of cervical-like tissue in two-dimensional and three-dimensional culture. Tissue Eng Part A 2012;18:499-507.
Hui L, Slonim DK, Wick HC, Johnson KL, Bianchi DW. The amniotic fluid transcriptome: a source of novel information about human fetal development. Obstet Gynecol 2012;119:111-118.
Johnson KL, Stroh H, Tadesse S, Norwitz ER, Richey L, Kallenbach LR, Bianchi DW. Fetal cells in the murine maternal lung have well-defined characteristics and are preferentially located in alveolar septum. Stem Cells Dev 2012;21:158-165.
Kim SM, Park JS, Norwitz ER, Lee SM, Kim BJ, Park CW, Jun JK, Kim CW, Syn HC. Identification of proteomic biomarkers in maternal plasma in the early second trimester that predict the subsequent development of gestational diabetes. Reprod Sci 2012;19:202-209.
Panda B, Panda A, Ueda I, Abrahams VM, Norwitz ER, Stanic AK, Young BC, Ecker JL, Altfeld M, Shaw AC, Rueda BR. Dendritic cells in the circulation of women with preeclampsia demonstrate a pro-inflammatory bias secondary to dysregulation of TLR receptors. J Reprod Immunol 2012 [Epub ahead of print].
Pritchard S, Bianchi DW. Fetal cell microchimerism in the maternal heart: baby gives back. Circ Res 2012;110:3-5.
Snegovskikh VV, Bhandari V, Wright JR, Tadesse S, Morgan T, Macneill C, Foyouzi N, Park JS, Wang Y, Norwitz ER. Surfactant protein-A (SP-A) selectively inhibits prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) production in term decidua: implications for the onset of labor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011;96:E624-32.
2011
Bianchi, DW. Gene expression analysis of amniotic fluid: new biomarkers and novel antenatal treatments. Clin Biochem 2011;44:448-450.
Cardenas I, Mulla MJ, Myrtolli K, Sfakianaki AK, Norwitz ER, Tadesse S, Guller S, Abrahams VM. Nod1 activation by bacterial iE-DAP induces maternal-fetal inflammation and preterm labor. J Immunol 2011; 187:980-986.
Devaney SA, Palomaki GE, Scott JA, Bianchi DW. Noninvasive fetal sex determination using cell-free fetal DNA: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 2011 10;306:627-636.
Hui L, Bianchi DW. Cell-free fetal nucleic acids in amniotic fluid. Hum
Reprod Update 2011;3:362-371.
Hui L, Bianchi DW. Prenatal pharmacotherapy for fetal anomalies: a 2011
update. Prenat Diagn 2011;31:735-743.
Kallenbach LR, Johnson KL, Bianchi DW. Fetal cell microchimerism and
cancer: a nexus of reproduction, immunology, and tumor biology. Cancer
Res 2011;71:8-12.
Kim SM, Park JS, Norwitz ER, Lee SM, Kim BJ, Park CW, Jun JK, Kim CW, Syn HC. Identification of proteomic biomarkers in maternal plasma in the early second trimester that predict the subsequent development of gestational diabetes. Reprod Sci;19:202-209.
Kluge JA, Leisk GG, Cardwell RD, Fernandes AP, House M, Ward A, Dorfmann AL, Kaplan DL. Bioreactor system using noninvasive imaging and mechanical stretch for biomaterial screening. Ann Biomed Eng. 2011; 39:1390-1402.
Koide K, Slonim, DK, Johnson KL, Tantravahi U, Cowan JM, Bianchi
DW. Transcriptomic analysis of cell-free fetal RNA suggests a specific
molecular phenotype in trisomy 18. Hum Genet 2011;129:295-305.
Lee SM, Park JS, Norwitz ER, Kim SM, Kim BJ, Park CW, Jun JK, Syn HC.
Characterization of discriminatory urinary proteomic biomarkers for
severe preeclampsia using SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry. J Perinat Med;
2011;39:391-396.
Maron JL. Exploring the neonatal salivary transcriptome: technical
optimization and clinical applications. Clin Biochem 2011;44:467-468.
Massingham LJ, Johnson KL, Bianchi DW, Pei S, Peter I, Cowan JM,Tantravahi U, Morrison TB. Proof of concept study to assess fetal gene expression in amniotic fluid by nanoarray PCR. J Mol Diagn 2011; 13:565-570.
Mesiano S, Wang Y, Norwitz ER. Progesterone receptors in the human
pregnancy uterus: do they hold the key to birth timing? Reprod Sci
2011;18:6-19.
Mulla MJ, Myrtolli K, Potter J, Boeras C, Kavathas PB, Sfakianaki AK,
Tadesse S, Norwitz ER, Guller S, Abrahams VM. Uric acid induces
trophoblast IL-1β production via the inflammasome: implications for the
pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Am J Reprod Immunol 2011;65:542-548.
Norwitz, ER, Caughey AB. Progesterone supplementation and the prevention of preterm birth. Rev Obstet Gynecol 2011;4:60-72.
Norwitz ER, Greenberg J. FDA approval for use of medications in pregnancy: an uphill battle. Rev Obstet Gynecol 2011;4:439-41.
Parikh R, Patel A, Stack T, Socrate S, House M. How the cervix shortens: an anatomic study using 3-dimensional transperineal sonography and image registration in singletons and twins. J Ultrasound Med. 2011;30:1197-1204.
Pritchard S, Hoffman AM, Johnson KL, Bianchi DW. Pregnancy-associated
progenitor cells: an under-recognized potential source of stem cells in
maternal lung. Placenta 2011:S298-303.
Sasaki K, Norwitz ER. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone/
gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor signaling in the placenta.
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2011;18:401-408.
Snegovskikh VV, Bhandari V, Wright JR, Tadesse S, Morgan T,
Macneill C, Foyouzi N, Park JS, Wang Y, Norwitz ER. Surfactant
protein-A (SP-A) selectively inhibits prostaglandin F2alpha
(PGF2alpha) production in term decidua: implications for the onset
of labor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011;96:E624-632.
Tadesse S, Luo G, Park JS, Kim BJ, Snegovskikh VV, Zheng T, Hodgson
EJ, Arcuri F, Toti P, Parikh CR, Guller S, Norwitz ER. Intra-amniotic
infection upregulates neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL)
expression at the maternal-fetal interface at term: implications for
infection-related preterm birth. Reprod Sci 2011;18:713-722.
Turcan S, Vetter DE, Maron JL, Wei X, Slonim DK. Mining functionally
relevant gene sets for analyzing physiologically novel clinical expression
data. Pac Symp Biocomput 2011:50-61.
Urato AC, Norwitz ER. A guide towards pre-pregnancy management of
defective implantation and placentation. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet
Gynaecol 2011;25:367-387.
Walt DR, Kuhlik A, Epstein SK, Demmer LA, Knight M, Chelmow D, Rosenblatt M, Bianchi DW. Lessons learned from the introduction of personalized genotyping into a medical school curriculum. Genet Med 2011;13:63-66.
2010
Bianchi DW. From Michael to microarrays: 30 years of studying fetal cells and nucleic acids in maternal blood. Prenatal Diagn 2010;30:622-623.
Bianchi DW, Maron JL, Johnson KL. Insights into fetal and neonatal development through analysis of cell-free RNA in bodily fluids. Early Hum Dev 2010;86:747-752.
Gundogan F, Bianchi DW, Scherjon SA, Roberts DJ. Placental pathology in egg donor pregnancies. Fertil Steril 2010;93:397-404.
House M, Sanchez CC, Rice WL, Socrate S, Kaplan DL. Cervical tissue engineering using silk scaffolds and human cervical cells. Tissue Eng Part A 2010;16:2101-2012.
Johnson KL, Tao K, Stroh H, Kallenbach L, Peter I, Richey L, Rust D, Bianchi DW. Increased fetal cell trafficking in murine lung following
complete pregnancy loss from exposure to lipopolysaccharide. Fertil
Steril 2010;93:1718-1721e2.
Lang CT, Iams JD, Tangchitnob E, Socrate S, House M. A method to
visualize 3-dimensional anatomic changes in the cervix during pregnancy:
a preliminary observational study. J Ultrasound Med 2010;29:255-260.
Lee J, Park JS, Norwitz ER, Kim BJ, Park CW, Jun JK, Syn HC. Identification and characterization of proteins in amniotic fluid that are differentially expressed before and after antenatal corticosteroid administration. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:388.e1-388.e10.
Lee HJ, Snegovskikh VV, Park JS, Foyouzi N, Han KT, Hodgson EJ, Guller S, Norwitz ER. Role of GnRH-GnRH receptor signaling at the maternal-fetal interface. Fertil Steril 2010;94:2680-2687.
Luo G, Abrahams VM, Tadasse S, Funai EF, Hodgson EJ, Gai J, Norwitz ER. Progesterone inhibits basal and TNF-alpha-inducted apoptosis in fetal membranes: a novel mechanism to explain progesterone-mediated prevention of preterm birth. Reprod Sci 2010;17:532-539.
Maron JL, Johnson KL, Rocke DM, Cohen MG, Liley AJ, Bianchi DW. Neonatal salivary analysis reveals global development gene expression changes in the premature infant. Clin Chem 2010;56:409-416.
Maron JL, Johnson KL, Parkin C, Iyer L, Davis JM, Bianchi DW. Cord blood genomic analysis highlights the role of redox balance. Free Radic Biol Med 2010;49:992-996.
Mirza FG, House M, Craigo SD. Urato AC. The patient with asymptomatic shortened cervix at 23 to 28 weeks: is delivery imminent? Am J Perinatol 2010;27:37-40.
Myers KM, Socrate S, Paskaleva A, House M. A study of the anisotropy and tension/compression behavior of human cervical tissue. J Biomech Eng 2010;132:021003.
Peterson E, Craigo S, House M. Risk factors for postpartum antihypertensive medication requirement in severe preeclampsia. Hypertens Pregnancy 2010;29:350-356.
Sen S, Simmons RA. Maternal antioxidant supplementation prevents adiposity in the offspring of Western diet-fed rats. Diabetes 2010;59: 3058-3065.
van der Hoorn ML, Lashley EE, Bianchi DW, Claas FH, Schonkeren CM, Scherjon SA. Clinical and immunologic aspects of egg donation pregnancies: a systematic review. Hum Reprod Update 2010; 16:704-712.
Vora NL, Johnson KL, Lambert-Messerlian G, Tighiouart H, Peter I, Urato
AC,Bianchi DW. Relationships between cell-free DNA and serum analytes
in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 2010;
116:673-678.
Vora NL, Johnson KL, Peter I, Tighiouart H, Ralston SJ, Craigo SD, Bianchi
DW.Vora NL, Johnson KL, Peter I, Tighiouart H, Ralston SJ, Craigo SD,
Bianchi DW. Circulating cell-free DNA levels increase variably following
chorionic villus sampling. Prenat Diagn 2010;30: 25-328.
2009
House M, Bhadelia RA, Myers K, Socrate S. Magnetic resonance imaging of three-dimensional cervical anatomy in the second the third trimester. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2009; 144 Suppl 1;S65-69.
House M, Kaplan DL, Socrate S. Relationships between mechanical properties and extracellular matrix constituents of the cervical stroma during pregnancy. Semin Perinatol 2009;33:300-307.
Kleeman J, Bianchi DW, Shaffer LG, Rorem E, Cowan J, Craigo SD, Tighiouart H, Wilkins-Haug LE. Use of array comparative genomic hybridization for prenatal diagnosis of fetuses with sonographic anomalies and normal metaphase karyotype. Prenat Diagn 2009; 29:1213-1217.
Lee HJ, Park TC, Norwitz ER. Management of pregnancies with cervical shortening: a very short cervix is a very big problem. Rev Obstet Gynecol 2009;2:107-115.
Maron JL, Alterovitz G, Ramoni M, Johnson KLt Bianchi DW. High-throughput discovery and characterization of fetal protein Trafficking in the blood of pregnant women. Proteomic Clin Appl 2009;3:1389-1396.
Norwitz ER. A blood test to predict preterm birth: don’t mess with maternal-fetal stress. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009;94:1886-1889.
Slonim DK, Koide K, Johnson KL, Tantravahi U, Cowan JM, Jarrah Z, Bianchi DW. Functional genomic analysis of amniotic fluid cell-free mRNA suggests that oxidative stress is significant in Down syndrome fetuses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009;106:9425-9429.
Snegovskikh VV, Schatz F, Arcuri F, Toti P, Kayisli UA, Murk W, Guoyang Luo, Lockwood CJ, Norwitz ER. Intra-amniotic infection upregulates decidual cell vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and neuropilin -1 and -2 expression implications for infection-related preterm birth. Reprod Sci 2009;16:767-780.
Wolfberg AJ, Norwitz ER. Probing the fetal cardiac signal for antecedents of brain injury. Clin Perinatol 2009;36:673-684.
2008
Guoyang Luo, Morgan T, Bahtiyar MO, Snegovskikh VV, Schatz F, Kuczynski E, funai ER, Dulay A, Huang ST, Buhimschi CS, Buhimschi IA, Fortunato SJ, Menon R, Lockwood CJ, Norwitz ER. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human progesterone receptor gene and spontaneous preterm birth. Reprod Sci 2008;15:147-155.
Maron JL, Arya MA, Seefeld KJ, Peter I, Bianchi DW, Johnson KL. pH but not hypoxia affects neonatal gene expression: relevance for housekeeping gene selection.J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2008; 21:443-447.
Parks JS, Oh KJ, Norwitz ER, Han JS, Choi HJ, Seong HS, Kang YD, Park CW, Kim BJ, Jun JK, Syn HC. Identification of proteomic biomarkers of preeclampsia in amniotic fluid using SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Reprod Sci 2008;15:457-468.
2007
Froen JF, Pinar H, Norwitz ER. Genetic epidemiologic studies of preterm birth: studies of disease or of “rescue by birth”? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:438-439.
Maron JL, Bianchi DW. Prenatal diagnosis using cell-free nucleic acids in maternal body fluids: a decade of progress. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2007;145C:5-17.
Maron JL, Johnson KL, Bianchi DW. Cell-free fetal DNA plasma extraction and real-time polymerase chain reaction quantification. Methods Mol Med 2007;132:1-63.
Maron JL, Johnson KL, Slonim D, Lai CQ, Ramoni M, Alterovitz G, Jarrah Z, Yang Z, Bianchi DW. Gene expression analysis in pregnant women and their infants identifies unique fetal biomarkers that circulate in maternal blood. J Clin Invest 2007;117:3007-19.
Norwitz ER, Snegovskikh V, Schatz F, Foyouzi N, Rahman M, Buchwalder L, Lee HJ, Funai EF, Buhimschi CS, Buhimschi IA, Lockwood CJ. Progestin inhibits and thrombim stimulates the plasminogen activator/inhibitor system in term decidual stromal cells: implications for parturition. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;196:382.e1-8.

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