UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS of choice in selected high-risk or
recurrent hematologic malignancies, marrow failure syndromes, severe congenital im- It has …

Prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission from infected mothers to their newborns is
critical to HBV control and eventual eradication. Mother-to-child perinatal transmission …

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) results from defects in the differentiation of
hematopoietic stem cells into mature T lymphocytes, with additional lymphoid lineages …

Background: Recently, much interest has been generated on the fetomaternal transfer of
nucleated cells and plasma DNA. However, there has been no systematic quantitative …

OBJECTIVE: To address the role of cord blood (CB) CD25+ CD4+ T cells, the gene
expressions and function of this subset were analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS …

A study in 121 infants with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) was performed to
determine the prevalence of an engraftment by transplacentally acquired maternal T cells …

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) may cure patients with
hematologic malignancies, but it carries significant risks. Careful donor selection is an …

Newborn telomere length is a potential biomarker of the effects of maternal-fetal processes
on offspring long-term health. A number of maternal psychosocial and environmental factors …

During pregnancy women can develop B-and T-cell immunity against the inherited paternal
antigens (IPAs) of the fetus, such as HLA, peptides of minor histocompatibilty antigens, and …

Background Exposure to prenatal maternal psychological adversities can negatively affect
the offspring's developing brain. Shortened telomere length (TL) has been implicated as a …