Temporal Relationships Between Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Urinary I-FABP in Preterm Infants: Evidence that Intestinal Inflammation Precedes Systemic Inflammation

Noura El Habbal, Evgenia Jen Filatava, Samer Charbaji, Maya Gordon, Raina Fichorova, Katherine E. Gregory, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, School of Health Professions, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Department of Quantitative and Business Analytics, School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, New York City, Laboratory of Genital Tract Biology, Department of Obstetrics, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women, s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Biological Research For Nursing: Integrating Biobehavioral Research into Health Care

Published online on June 11, 2026

Abstract

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Objective:Preterm infants exhibit an aberrant inflammatory response, characterized by elevated intestinal and systemic inflammatory markers, and their relationship remains poorly understood in neonatal immunology. Our study aimed to examine the ...