Michael J. Taggart

ORCID: 0000-0002-9981-2783 · 2 papers in corpus

2026

The Pathophysiology of Spontaneous Preterm Birth: Emerging Mechanisms Reviewed by the Preterm Birth International Collaborative.

Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-026-02108-5

Around 10% of global births are preterm (before 37 weeks of gestation), posing a significant challenge to maternal and neonatal health. Preterm infants face an increased risk of mortality and long-term health complications, impacting their …

article 2005

Expression of scaffolding, signalling and contractile-filament proteins in human myometria: effects of pregnancy and labour

·doi:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2005.tb00342.x

Successful parturition requires the co-ordination of numerous myometrial signalling events to allow for timely and efficient uterine contractions. Late pregnancy and labour onset in humans may be associated with changes in the expression of…