Provided is a medicine and a method for inhibiting over-activated immunity before pregnancy or over-reactive immunity after pregnancy and restoring normal immune state. A medicine for inhibiting over-activated immunity before pregnancy or over-reactive immunity after pregnancy and restoring a normal immune state, includes, as an active ingredient, a compound selected from the group consisting of: (i) a compound represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:

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wherein the respective reference numerals are as described in the specification, (ii) a cyclosporine, and (iii) rapamycin or a derivative thereof.

Provided herein are methods of using mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) exosomes to treat placental insufficiency and/or infertility in a female subject, and/or treating fetal growth restriction in a fetus.

Provided herein are methods of using mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) exosomes to treat placental insufficiency and/or infertility in a female subject, and/or treating fetal growth restriction in a fetus.

The present disclosure relates to proteomic biomarkers of spontaneous preterm birth, proteomic biomarkers of term birth, and methods of use thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides tools for determining whether a pregnant subject is at an increased risk for premature delivery, as well as tools for decreasing a pregnant subject's risk for premature delivery.

This disclosure pertains to a calcium binder for use in improving perinatal survival in the offspring of a sow, and in reducing or preventing stillbirth of piglets. This disclosure also pertains to compositions comprising a calcium binder, particularly in combination with a chloride salt to supplement a diet of an animal, in particular, a pregnant animal.

A method of treating a pregnant female subject includes administering to the pregnant female subject an effective amount of a Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) inhibitor, wherein the effective amount of the GM-CSF inhibitor is effective to reduce, prevent or delay preterm birth.

A method of treating a pregnant female subject includes administering to the pregnant female subject an effective amount of a Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) inhibitor, wherein the effective amount of the GM-CSF inhibitor is effective to reduce, prevent or delay preterm birth.

The present invention provides a compound, that is a 1-({halo-2-[(2-hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl)oxy]phenyl}methyl)-(fused bicyclic nitrogen heteroaryl) carboxylic acid or an ester or sulfonamide thereof. The compound may be represented by the following formula

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Wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 A, X, W, Z and Y are as defined in the specification. The compounds may be administered to treat DP, FP, EP1, TP and/or EP4 receptor-mediated diseases or conditions.

The present application features antibodies that bind to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). These anti-FcRn antibodies are useful, e.g., to promote clearance of autoantibodies in a subject, to suppress antigen presentation in a subject, to block an immune response, e.g., block an immune complex-based activation of the immune response in a subject, and to treat immunological diseases (e.g., autoimmune diseases) in a subject. These anti-FcRn antibodies are also useful, e.g., to decrease pathogenic antibody transport across the placenta of a pregnant subject, to increase pathogenic antibody catabolism in a pregnant subject, and to treat an antibody-mediated enhancement of viral disease in a fetus or a neonate.

In various embodiments novel allosteric antagonists of the CRFR1 receptor are provided. It discovered that allosteric CRFR1 receptor antagonists are effective to modulate p-Tau levels in Alzheimer's disease (AD) models. In one illustrative embodiment, a compound that is a CRFR1 receptor antagonist is a compound according to the formula ##STR00001## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, solvate, or prodrug thereof.