Umbilical cord gene expression reveals the molecular architecture of the fetal inflammatory response in extremely preterm newborns

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BACKGROUND: The fetal inflammatory response (FIR) in placental membranes to an intrauterine infection often precedes premature birth raising neonatal mortality and morbidity. However, the precise molecular events behind FIR still remain largely unknown, and little has been investigated at gene expression level. METHODS: We collected publicly available microarray expression data profiling umbilical cord (UC)...

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