Browsing by Author "Mittal, Pooja"

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2009-03-26Zeitschriftenartikel

Amniotic fluid angiopoietin-2 in term and preterm parturition, and intra-amniotic infection/inflammation

Pacora, Percy; Romero, Roberto; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Erez, Offer; Vaisbuch, Edi; Mazaki-Tovi, Shali; Gotsch, Francesca; Kim, Chong Jai; Than, Nandor Gabor; Yeo, Lami; Mittal, Pooja; Hassan, Sonia S.

Objective: Recent observations have revealed an interaction between inflammation and angiogenesis, which may be mediated by angiopoietins and chemokines. Given the importance of inflammation in parturition, we sought to ...
2009-06-23Zeitschriftenartikel

Low circulating maternal adiponectin in patients with pyelonephritis: adiponectin at the crossroads of pregnancy and infection

Vaisbuch, Edi; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Erez, Offer; Mittal, Pooja; Kim, Sun Kwon; Gotsch, Francesca; Lamont, Ronald; Ogge, Giovanna; Pacora, Percy; Goncalves, Luis; Kim, Chong Jai; Gomez, Ricardo; Espinoza, Jimmy; Hassan, Sonia S.; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro

Objective: An emerging theme in modern biology is that adipose tissue can respond to metabolic stress, and to inflammatory stimuli, by regulating the secretion of a complex network of soluble mediators, termed adipokines. ...
2009-04-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Maternal serum adiponectin multimers in gestational diabetes

Vaisbuch, Edi; Erez, Offer; Mittal, Pooja; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Kim, Sun Kwon; Pacora, Percy; Yeo, Lami; Gotsch, Francesca; Dong, Zhong; Yoon, Bo Hyun; Hassan, Sonia S.; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro

Objective: Adiponectin, an adipokine with profound insulin-sensitizing effect, consists of heterogeneous species of multimers. These oligomeric complexes circulate as low-molecular-weight (LMW) trimers, medium-molecular-weight ...
2009-05-04Zeitschriftenartikel

Maternal serum adiponectin multimers in patients with a small-for-gestational-age newborn

Vaisbuch, Edi; Erez, Offer; Mittal, Pooja; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Kim, Sun Kwon; Pacora, Percy; Yeo, Lami; Gotsch, Francesca; Dong, Zhong; Yoon, Bo Hyun; Hassan, Sonia S.; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro

Objective: Several mechanisms of disease have been implicated in the pathophysiology of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) including an anti-angiogenic state, and an exaggerated intravascular pro-inflammatory response. ...
2009-03-09Zeitschriftenartikel

Maternal serum adiponectin multimers in preeclampsia

Vaisbuch, Edi; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Erez, Offer; Gotsch, Francesca; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Than, Nandor Gabor; Kim, Sun Kwon; Nhan-Chang, Chia-Ling; Jodicke, Cristiano; Pacora, Percy; Yeo, Lami; Dong, Zhong; Yoon, Bo Hyun; Hassan, Sonia S.; Mittal, Pooja

Objective: Obesity, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia are associated with preeclampsia. Recently, “adipose tissue failure”, characterized by dysregulation of adipokine production, has been implicated in the pathophysiology ...
2008-11-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Maternal visfatin concentration in normal pregnancy

Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Vaisbuch, Edi; Erez, Offer; Than, Nandor Gabor; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Nhan-Chang, Chia-Ling; Pacora, Percy; Gotsch, Francesca; Yeo, Lami; Kim, Sun Kwon; Edwin, Samuel S.; Hassan, Sonia S.; Mittal, Pooja

Objective: Adipose tissue has now emerged as a powerful endocrine organ via the production of adipokines. Visfatin, a novel adipokine with diabetogenic and immuno-modulatory properties has been implicated in the pathophysiology ...
2009-06-22Zeitschriftenartikel

The prognosis of pregnancy conceived despite the presence of an intrauterine device (IUD)

Kim, Sun Kwon; Romero, Roberto; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Erez, Offer; Vaisbuch, Edi; Mazaki-Tovi, Shali; Gotsch, Francesca; Mittal, Pooja; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Pacora, Percy; Oggé, Giovanna; Gomez, Ricardo; Yoon, Bo Hyun; Yeo, Lami; Lamont, Ronald;

Objective: Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are used for contraception worldwide; however, the management of pregnancies with an IUD poses a clinical challenge. The purpose of this study was to determine the outcome of pregnancy ...