Maternal amino acid metabolites during pregnancy and preterm birth: results from two prospective cohort studies
The findings suggest that circulating amino acid metabolites may serve as biomarkers for preterm birth prediction. Maternal amino acid metabolites may have potential clinical utility in improving prenatal risk assessment.
Authors
- Jingnan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8023-4733)
- An Pan
- Xiong‐Fei Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9350-9230)
- Jin Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6778-547X)
- Congmei Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9816-5791)
- Yuwei Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5110-717X)
- Yuanqing Fu
- Meng Ye
- Zelei Miao
- Yayi Hu
- Jiaying Yuan
- Ju-Sheng Zheng
- Yidan Dong
- Shijia Hu
- Fan Li
- Jiajun Zhao
- Ke Zhang
- Wanglong Gou
- Ping Wu
- Tianlei Wang
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Westlake University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Sichuan Province (CN)
- Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Westlake University, School of Medicine (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04710-5
- Primary Topic
- Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00