NAMPT and chorioamnionitis: Prior analyses of amniotic fluid cell-free RNA transcriptomes from women with preterm births demonstrated prominent NAMPT dysregulation (Bhatti et al., 2021) with eNAMPT levels in amniotic fluids reflecting the presence of IAI/chorioamnionitis (Mazaki-Tovi et al., 2009; Giomisi et al., 2011; Pavlova et al., 2018; Musilova et al., 2021).