Emma L. Sweeney

TL;DR: Examining the differences in the placental membrane microbiome in association with PTB in both the presence and absence of chorioamnionitis and/or funisitis using state-of-the-science whole-genome shotgun metagenomics revealed significant variation in distinct bacterial metabolic pathways, which are speculated to contribute to risk of preterm birth with and without severe chorioamsionitis.

TL;DR: Exosomes isolated from GDM pregnancies significantly increased the release of proinflammatory cytokines from endothelial cells, and exosome profiles may be of diagnostic utility for screening asymptomatic populations.

TL;DR: The effects of high glucose on exosomes bioactivity may be recapitulated in vivo and is of clinical relevance in association with maternal insulin resistance and preeclampsia (associated with placental insufficiency and hypoxia).

TL;DR: The information presented within this review confirms that Ureaplasma spp.

TL;DR: The authors know very little about the microbiota inhabiting the upper female reproductive tract and how it impacts on fertility, so it is important to understand its role in women's fertility.