The effects of COVID-19 on placenta and pregnancy: what do we know so far?

YP Wong, TY Khong, GC Tan - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the novel severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has inflicted a serious health crisis …

The unique immunological and microbial aspects of pregnancy

G Mor, P Aldo, AB Alvero - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
The comparison of the immunological state of pregnancy to an immunosuppressed host–
graft model continues to lead research and clinical practice to ill-defined approaches. This …

Pregnancy and infection

AP Kourtis, JS Read, DJ Jamieson - New England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Pregnancy and Infection | New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New
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Neuromodulatory properties of inflammatory cytokines and their impact on neuronal excitability

A Vezzani, B Viviani - Neuropharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence underlines that prototypical inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-
6) either synthesized in the central (CNS) or peripheral nervous system (PNS) by resident …

Single cell transcriptional signatures of the human placenta in term and preterm parturition

R Pique-Regi, R Romero, AL Tarca, ED Sendler, Y Xu… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
More than 135 million births occur each year; yet, the molecular underpinnings of human
parturition in gestational tissues, and in particular the placenta, are still poorly understood …

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 …

COVID‐19 in pregnancy: Placental and neonatal involvement

E Prochaska, M Jang, I Burd - American journal of reproductive …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Since December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
has caused over 12 million infections and more than 550 000 deaths. 1 Morbidity and …

Inflammation and preterm birth

M Cappelletti, S Della Bella, E Ferrazzi… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Although the
underlying causes of pregnancy-associated complication are numerous, it is well …

Understanding the complexity of the immune system during pregnancy

K Racicot, JY Kwon, P Aldo, M Silasi… - American journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Progress in our understanding of the role of the maternal immune system during healthy
pregnancy will help us better understand the role of the immune system in adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Placental origins of adverse pregnancy outcomes: potential molecular targets: an Executive Workshop Summary of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National …

JV Ilekis, E Tsilou, S Fisher, VM Abrahams… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although much progress is being made in understanding the molecular pathways in the
placenta that are involved in the pathophysiology of pregnancy-related disorders, a …