The impact of tobacco chemicals and nicotine on placental development

MA Suter, KM Aagaard - Prenatal diagnosis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite decades of messages warning about the dangers of tobacco use in pregnancy, 10%
to 15% of pregnant women continue to smoke. Furthermore, an increased popularity of …

Placental vascular and inflammatory findings from pregnancies diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Hessami, KM Aagaard, EC Castro… - American Journal of …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
We aimed to perform a meta-analysis of the literature concerning histopathologic findings in
the placentas of women with SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Association between confirmed congenital Zika infection at birth and outcomes up to 3 years of life

N Hcini, Y Kugbe, ZHL Rafalimanana… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Little is known about the long-term neurological development of children diagnosed with
congenital Zika infection at birth. Here, we report the imaging and clinical outcomes up to …

SARS-CoV-2 niches in human placenta revealed by spatial transcriptomics

ER Barrozo, MD Seferovic, ECC Castro, AM Major… - Med, 2023 - cell.com
Background Functional placental niches are presumed to spatially separate maternal-fetal
antigens and restrict the vertical transmission of pathogens. We hypothesized a high …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus infection as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities and Guillain-Barré syndrome: A living systematic review

MJ Counotte, KW Meili, K Taghavi, G Calvet… - …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The Zika virus (ZIKV) caused a large outbreak in the Americas leading to the
declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in February 2016. A …

Zika virus co-opts microRNA networks to persist in placental niches detected by spatial transcriptomics

ER Barrozo, MD Seferovic, MP Hamilton… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Zika virus congenital infection evades double-stranded RNA detection and may
persist in the placenta for the duration of pregnancy without accompanying overt …

Characterization of placental infection by Zika virus in humans: A review of the literature

EM Venceslau, JP Guida, E Amaral… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Objective The aim of the current review is to present a systematic evaluation of reported
human placental findings in cases of zika virus (ZIKV) infection. Data sources We reviewed …

Histomorphology of Chorionic Villi of Term Placentae of Mothers Exposed to Retroviral and Hepatitis B Viruses

J Ahenkorah, S Opoku-Nyarko… - Acta Microbiologica …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Retroviral and hepatitis B infections can be potential threats to foetomaternal health through
inducing distortions of the architecture and structure of the placenta. Improved insights into …

Placental autophagy and viral replication co-localize in human and non-human primate placentae following Zika virus infection: implications for therapeutic …

JR McKinney, MD Seferovic, AM Major… - Frontiers in virology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Multiple studies have shown both induction and inhibition of autophagy during
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. While some have proposed mechanisms by which autophagic …

[PDF][PDF] Zika virus infection as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities

MJ Counotte, KW Meili, K Taghavi, G Calvet, J Sejvar… - academia.edu
Background: Americas leading to the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of
International Concern in February 2016. A causal relation between infection and adverse …