| CPC A61K 31/557 (2013.01) [A61K 31/201 (2013.01); A61P 15/06 (2018.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method of delaying or preventing an idiopathic preterm birth in a subject, comprising
a) determining whether a biological sample obtained from the subject has an altered level of 9-nitro-9E-octadecenoic acid or 10-nitro-9E-octadecenoic acid as compared to a control; and
b) administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising 15-deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 or a derivative thereof if the biological sample obtained from the subject has an altered level of 9-nitro-9E-octadecenoic acid or 10-nitro-9E-octadecenoic acid as compared to the control.
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