Successful use of an artificial placenta to support extremely preterm ovine fetuses at the border of viability

Haruo Usuda, Shimpei Watanabe, Masatoshi Saito, +12

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Animal ReproductionTheriogenologyDevelopmental BiologyFertilityPlacental Development +11

Successful maintenance of key physiological parameters in preterm lambs treated with ex vivo uterine environment therapy for a period of 1 week

Haruo Usuda, Shimpei Watanabe, Yuichiro Miura, +11

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Animal PhysiologyVeterinary PhysiologyAnimal ReproductionTheriogenologyFertility +12

Low-dose betamethasone-acetate for fetal lung maturation in preterm sheep

Augusto F. Schmidt, Matthew W. Kemp, Judith Rittenschober-Böhm, +10

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The efficacy of antenatal steroid therapy is dependent on the duration of low-concentration fetal exposure: evidence from a sheep model of pregnancy

Matthew W. Kemp, Masatoshi Saito, Haruo Usuda, +14

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

FertilityFetal MedicinePediatricsGynecologyPregnancy +10

A Parallelized Pumpless Artificial Placenta System Significantly Prolonged Survival Time in a Preterm Lamb Model

Yuichiro Miura, Tadashi Matsuda, Haruo Usuda, +5

Artificial Organs

FertilityFetal MedicineGynecologyBiomedical EngineeringEmbryology +20

The Uterus Sustains Stable Biological Clock during Pregnancy

Shizuko Akiyama, Hidenobu Ohta, Shimpei Watanabe, +10

The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

FertilityReproductive HealthCryptochromeMenstrual CycleReproductive Biology +20

Maternofetal pharmacokinetics and fetal lung responses in chronically catheterized sheep receiving constant, low-dose infusions of betamethasone phosphate

Matthew W. Kemp, Masatoshi Saito, Haruo Usuda, +11

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Animal PhysiologyBetamethasone PhosphateFetal Lung ResponsesMedicineMaternofetal Pharmacokinetics +5

Stable Control of Physiological Parameters, But Not Infection, in Preterm Lambs Maintained on Ex Vivo Uterine Environment Therapy

Yuichiro Miura, Haruo Usuda, Shimpei Watanabe, +10

Artificial Organs

Successful use of an artificial placenta–based life support system to treat extremely preterm ovine fetuses compromised by intrauterine inflammation

Haruo Usuda, Shimpei Watanabe, Masatoshi Saito, +15

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Maternal ImmunizationTheriogenologyFertilityLife Support SystemPlacental Development +13

Effects of budesonide and surfactant in preterm fetal sheep

T. Brett Kothe, Emily Royse, Matthew W. Kemp, +8

American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology