Maternal immune activation and neuroinflammation in human neurodevelopmental disorders

VX Han, S Patel, HF Jones, RC Dale - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Maternal health during pregnancy plays a major role in shaping health and disease risks in
the offspring. The maternal immune activation hypothesis proposes that inflammatory …

Is pregnancy a risk factor of COVID-19?

WN Phoswa, OP Khaliq - European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review evaluates whether pregnancy is a risk factor for COVID-19 by looking at the
expression of immune markers such as immune cells and cytokines in order to have a better …

Inflammation and pregnancy: the role of the immune system at the implantation site

G Mor, I Cardenas, V Abrahams… - Annals of the new York …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The concept that pregnancy is associated with immune suppression has created a myth of
pregnancy as a state of immunological weakness and, therefore, of increased susceptibility …

The immune system in pregnancy: a unique complexity

G Mor, I Cardenas - American journal of reproductive …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Citation Mor G, Cardenas I. The immune system in pregnancy: a unique complexity. Am J
Reprod Immunol 2010 Abstract Placental immune response and its tropism for specific …

Increasing maternal body mass index is associated with systemic inflammation in the mother and the activation of distinct placental inflammatory pathways

ILMH Aye, S Lager, VI Ramirez, F Gaccioli… - Biology of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Obese pregnant women have increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines in maternal
circulation and placental tissues. However, the pathways contributing to placental …

Inflammation and implantation

N Dekel, Y Gnainsky, I Granot… - American journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately half of all human embryo implantations result in failed pregnancy. Multiple
factors may contribute to this failure, including genetic or metabolic abnormalities of the …

Mechanisms and evidence of vertical transmission of infections in pregnancy including SARS‐CoV‐2s

AP Mahyuddin, A Kanneganti, JJL Wong… - Prenatal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There remain unanswered questions concerning mother‐to‐child‐transmission of SARS‐
CoV‐2. Despite reports of neonatal COVID‐19, SARS‐CoV‐2 has not been consistently …

An immunological insight into the origins of pre-eclampsia

E Laresgoiti-Servitje, N Gomez-Lopez… - Human reproduction …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Pre-eclampsia is a syndrome of heterogeneous origin characterized by
deficient placentation due to the inability of the cytotrophoblast to acquire an invasive …

Viral infection of the placenta leads to fetal inflammation and sensitization to bacterial products predisposing to preterm labor

I Cardenas, RE Means, P Aldo, K Koga… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
Pandemics pose a more significant threat to pregnant women than to the nonpregnant
population and may have a detrimental effect on the well being of the fetus. We have …

ATP-binding cassette transporters in reproduction: a new frontier

E Bloise, TM Ortiga-Carvalho, FM Reis… - Human reproduction …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND The transmembrane ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters actively efflux
an array of clinically relevant compounds across biological barriers, and modulate …