Importance Prenatal maternal inflammation has been associated with major depressive
disorder in offspring in adulthood as well as with internalizing and externalizing symptoms in …

Objective Maternal infection during pregnancy has been associated with increased risk of
offspring psychopathology, including depression. As most infections do not cross the …

Maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy are associated with risk for offspring
emotional and behavioral problems, but the mechanisms by which this association occurs …

Animal studies and a handful of prospective human studies have demonstrated that young
offspring exposed to maternal prenatal stress show abnormalities in immune parameters …

Background Accumulating evidence indicates that higher prenatal maternal inflammation is
associated with increased depression risk in adolescent and adult-aged offspring. Prenatal …

Abstract Perinatal depression affects 10–20% of women and is associated with poor
outcomes for mother and child. Inflammation is associated with depression in non-pregnant …

Maternal immune functioning during pregnancy contributes to sex-dependent deficits in
neurodevelopment and to behaviors associated with affective traits in preclinical studies …

Background No study has investigated the role of inflammation in explaining the association
between early exposures to adverse life events and depressive symptoms in adolescence …

Objective Maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy are associated with increased
risk of psychiatric problems in children. A more precise understanding of the timing of the …

Background Maternal immune activation is a potential mechanism underlying associations
between maternal stress during pregnancy and offspring mental health problems. This study …