mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases: principles, delivery and clinical translation

N Chaudhary, D Weissman… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past several decades, messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have progressed from a
scepticism-inducing idea to clinical reality. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic catalysed the …

A comprehensive review of mRNA vaccines

V Gote, PK Bolla, N Kommineni, A Butreddy… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
mRNA vaccines have been demonstrated as a powerful alternative to traditional
conventional vaccines because of their high potency, safety and efficacy, capacity for rapid …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in pregnancy: implications for fetal brain development

LL Shook, EL Sullivan, JO Lo, RH Perlis… - Trends in molecular …, 2022 - cell.com
The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection
during pregnancy on the develo** fetal brain is poorly understood. Other antenatal …

Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection elicits sexually dimorphic placental immune responses

EA Bordt, LL Shook, C Atyeo, KM Pullen… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
There is a persistent bias toward higher prevalence and increased severity of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) in males. Underlying mechanisms accounting for this sex …

Polysaccharides obtained from natural edible sources and their role in modulating the immune system: Biologically active potential that can be exploited against …

JR Barbosa, RN de Carvalho Junior - Trends in food science & technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The global crisis caused by the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome
caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, better known as COVID-19, brought the need to improve …

Maternal respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with a robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface

A Lu-Culligan, AR Chavan, P Vijayakumar, L Irshaid… - Med, 2021 - cell.com
Background Pregnant women are at increased risk for severe outcomes from coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the pathophysiology underlying this increased morbidity and …

Multidimensional definition of the interferonopathy of Down syndrome and its response to JAK inhibition

MD Galbraith, AL Rachubinski, KP Smith, P Araya… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) display chronic hyperactivation of interferon signaling.
However, the clinical impacts of interferon hyperactivity in DS are ill-defined. Here, we …

Understanding early-life adaptive immunity to guide interventions for pediatric health

EC Semmes, JL Chen, R Goswami, TD Burt… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Infants are capable of mounting adaptive immune responses, but their ability to develop long-
lasting immunity is limited. Understanding the particularities of the neonatal adaptive …

Innate immune responses to acute viral infection during pregnancy

EF Cornish, I Filipovic, F Åsenius, DJ Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Immunological adaptations in pregnancy allow maternal tolerance of the semi-allogeneic
fetus but also increase maternal susceptibility to infection. At implantation, the endometrial …

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 …