The development of blood protein profiles in extremely preterm infants follows a stereotypic evolution pattern.

Wen Zhong Hanna Danielsson Nele BrusselaersDirk WackernagelUlrika SjöbomKarin SävmanIngrid Hansen PuppDavid LeyAnders K Nilsson Linn Fagerberg Mathias Uhlen Ann Hellström

Published in: Communications medicine (2023)

The unified pattern of protein development for all included infants suggests an age-dependent stereotypic development of blood proteins after birth. This knowledge should be considered in neonatal settings and might alter the clinical approach within neonatology, where PMA is today the most dominant age variable.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
protein protein
low birth weight