Comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 during pregnancy

KM Moore, MS Suthar - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic resulting from the emergence of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
remains a major global health concern. Pregnant individuals are more likely to develop …

Breastfeeding and COVID-19: from nutrition to immunity

E Vassilopoulou, G Feketea, L Koumbi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Breastfeeding not only provides the optimum source of nutrients for the neonate and its first
strong shield against infection but also lays the foundation for somatic and psychological …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine response in pregnant and lactating women: a cohort study

KJ Gray, EA Bordt, C Atyeo, E Deriso… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Pregnant and lactating women were excluded from initial coronavirus disease
2019 vaccine trials; thus, data to guide vaccine decision making are lacking. Objective This …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of maternal and neonatal cord blood SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and placental transfer ratios

DD Flannery, S Gouma, MB Dhudasia… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Maternally derived antibodies are a key element of neonatal immunity.
Understanding the dynamics of maternal antibody responses to severe acute respiratory …

Compromised SARS-CoV-2-specific placental antibody transfer

C Atyeo, KM Pullen, EA Bordt, S Fischinger, J Burke… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection causes more severe disease in pregnant women compared to age-
matched non-pregnant women. Whether maternal infection causes changes in the transfer …

Maternal-neonatal transfer of SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G antibodies among parturient women treated with BNT162b2 messenger RNA vaccine during pregnancy

O Nir, A Schwartz, S Toussia-Cohen… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND The exclusion of pregnant women from initial COVID-19 messenger RNA
vaccine trials raised hesitancy regarding the benefits of vaccination for pregnant women …

The legacy of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection on the immunology of the neonate

S Gee, M Chandiramani, J Seow, E Pollock… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite extensive studies into severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2), the effect of maternal infection on the neonate is unclear. To investigate this, we …

Maternal and neonatal SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G antibody levels at delivery after receipt of the BNT162b2 messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine during the …

N Kugelman, C Nahshon, P Shaked-Mishan… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance BNT162b2 messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccination in the third trimester
was found to be associated with a strong maternal humoral IgG response that crossed the …

Fc glycan-mediated regulation of placental antibody transfer

MF Jennewein, I Goldfarb, S Dolatshahi, C Cosgrove… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Despite the worldwide success of vaccination, newborns remain vulnerable to infections.
While neonatal vaccination has been hampered by maternal antibody-mediated dampening …

Passive and active immunity in infants born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy: prospective cohort study

D Song, M Prahl, SL Gaw, SR Narasimhan, DS Rai… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To investigate maternal immunoglobulins'(IgM, IgG) response to SARS-CoV-2
infection during pregnancy and IgG transplacental transfer, to characterise neonatal …