Maternal Whole Blood Gene Expression at 18 and 28 Weeks of Gestation Associated with Spontaneous Preterm Birth in Asymptomatic Women

• Yujing J. Heng ,

  * E-mail: yheng@bidmc.harvard.edu

  Affiliations Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Physiology, University of Toronto, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8930-817X

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• Craig E. Pennell,

  Affiliation School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

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• Sheila W. McDonald,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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• Angela E. Vinturache,

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Physiology & Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada

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• Jingxiong Xu,

  Affiliations Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Physiology, University of Toronto, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada

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• Mary W. F. Lee,

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Physiology, University of Toronto, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

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• Laurent Briollais,

  Affiliations Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Physiology, University of Toronto, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada

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• Andrew W. Lyon,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, St Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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• Donna M. Slater,

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Physiology & Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada

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• Alan D. Bocking,

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Physiology, University of Toronto, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

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• Lawrence de Koning,

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, AB, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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• David M. Olson,

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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• Siobhan M. Dolan,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health (Reproductive Genetics), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States of America

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• Suzanne C. Tough,

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

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• Stephen J. Lye

  Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Physiology, University of Toronto, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

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