Recent Publications

Proceedings of PREBIC meeting 2018 : https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/placenta/vol/79

Delnord M, Hindori-Mohangoo AD, Smith LK, Szamotulska K, Richards JL, Deb-Rinker P, Rouleau J, Velebil P, Zile I, Sakkeus L, Gissler M, Morisaki N, Dolan SM, Kramer MR, Kramer MS, Zeitlin J; Euro-Peristat Scientific Committee. Variations in very preterm birth rates in 30 high-income countries: are valid international comparisons possible using routine data? BJOG. 2016 Sep 10. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14273. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27613083.

Morken NH, Skjaerven R, Richards JL, Kramer MR, Cnattingius S, Johansson S, Gissler M, Dolan SM, Zeitlin J, Kramer MS; PREBIC Epidemiology Working Group. Adverse Infant Outcomes Associated with Discordant Gestational Age Estimates. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2016 Aug 23.

Richards JL, Kramer MS, Deb-Rinker P, Rouleau J, Mortensen L, Gissler M, Morken NH, Skjærven R, Cnattingius S, Johansson S, Delnord M, Dolan SM, Morisaki N, Tough S, Zeitlin J, Kramer MR. Temporal Trends in Late Preterm and Early Term Birth Rates in 6 High-Income Countries in North America and Europe and Association With Clinician-Initiated Obstetric Interventions. JAMA. 2016 Jul 26;316(4):410-9.

Pennell CE, Jacobsson B, Williams SM, Buus RM, Muglia LJ, Dolan SM, Morken NH, Ozcelik H, Lye SJ; PREBIC Genetics Working Group, Relton C. Genetic epidemiologic studies of preterm birth: guidelines for research. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Feb;196(2):107-18.

Biggio J, Christiaens I, Katz M, Menon R, Merialdi M, Morken NH, Pennell C, Williams SM; Preterm Birth Genome Project. A call for an international consortium on the genetics of preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Aug;199(2):95-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.012.

Beck S, Wojdyla D, Say L et al.: The worldwide incidence of preterm birth: a systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity. Bull World Health Organ 2010;88:31-38.

Torloni MR, Betrán AP, Daher S, Widmer M, Dolan SM, Menon R, Bergel E, Allen T, Merialdi M. Maternal BMI and preterm birth: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Nov;22(11):957-70. doi: 10.3109/14767050903042561.

Dolan SM, Hollegaard MV, Merialdi M, Betran AP, Allen T, Abelow C, Nace J, Lin BK, Khoury MJ, Ioannidis JP, Bagade S, Zheng X, Dubin RA, Bertram L, Velez Edwards DR, Menon R. Synopsis of preterm birth genetic association studies: the preterm birth genetics knowledge base (PTBGene). Public Health Genomics. 2010;13(7-8):514-23.

Gracie S, Pennell C, Ekman-Ordeberg G, Lye S, McManaman J, Williams S, Palmer L, Kelley M, Menon R, Gravett M; PREBIC "-Omics" Research Group. An integrated systems biology approach to the study of preterm birth using "-omic" technology--a guideline for research. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2011 Oct 12;11:71. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-71. Review.

Menon R, Torloni MR, Voltolini C, Torricelli M, Merialdi M, Betrán AP, Widmer M, Allen T, Davydova I, Khodjaeva Z, Thorsen P, Kacerovsky M, Tambor V, Massinen T, Nace J, Arora C. Biomarkers of spontaneous preterm birth: an overview of the literature in the last four decades. Reprod Sci. 2011 Nov;18(11):1046-70. doi: 10.1177/1933719111415548. Review.

Myatt L, Eschenbach DA, Lye SJ, Mesiano S, Murtha AP, Williams SM, Pennell CE; International Preterm Birth Collaborative Pathways and Systems Biology Working Groups. A standardized template for clinical studies in preterm birth. Reprod Sci. 2012 May;19(5):474-82. doi: 10.1177/1933719111426602. Epub 2012 Feb 16.

Jennifer Requejo, Mario Merialdi, Fernando Althabe, Matthais Keller, Joanne Katz, Ramkumar Menon. Care during pregnancy and childbirth, Chapter 4. “Born Too Soon”. PREBIC is one of the contributors of this major report published by Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General May 2012.

March of Dimes, PMNCH, Save the Children, WHO. Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birthy. Eds CP Howson, MV Kinney, JE lawn. World Health organization. Geneva, 2012.

Pennell CE, Vadillo-Ortega F, Olson DM, Ha EH, Williams S, Frayling TM, Dolan S, Katz M, Merialdi M; Preterm Birth Genome Project (PGP) Consortium, Menon R. Preterm Birth Genome Project (PGP) -- validation of resources for preterm birth genome-wide studies. J Perinat Med. 2013 Jan;41(1):45-9.

Kacerovsky, M., Lenco, J., Musilova, I., Tambor, V., Lamont, R., Torloni, M. R., ... & PREBIC Biomarker Working Group. (2014). Proteomic Biomarkers for Spontaneous Preterm Birth A Systematic Review of the Literature. Reproductive Sciences, 21(3), 283-295.

Menon, R., Nicolau, N. N., Bredson, S., & Polettini, J. (2015). Fetal membranes: potential source of preterm birth biomarkers. General Methods in Biomarker Research and their Applications, 483-529.

Nielsen, B. W., Bonney, E. A., Pearce, B. D., Donahue, L. R., & Sarkar, I. N. (2015). A Cross-Species Analysis of Animal Models for the Investigation of Preterm Birth Mechanisms. Reproductive Sciences, 1933719115604729.