The risk and severity of specific infections are increased during pregnancy due to a
combination of physiological and immunological changes. Characterizing the maternal …

The presence of immune cells in the placental bed is important for both mother and child.
Although various immune cells can be found in the placental bed, such as regulatory T cells …

It is increasingly evident that cytokines and growth factors produced in the decidua play a
pivotal role in the regulation of the local immune microenvironment and the establishment of …

Preeclampsia, defined as new-onset hypertension accompanied by proteinuria occurring at
20 weeks of gestation or later, is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality …

Preeclampsia syndrome is characterized by inadequate placentation, because of deficient
trophoblastic invasion of the uterine spiral arteries, leading to placental hypoxia, secretion of …

Preeclampsia (PE) is a complex disorder that is characterized by hypertension and
proteinuria after the 20th week of pregnancy, and it causes most neonatal morbidity and …

Abstract Extracellular adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine molecules are
intimately involved in immune responses. ATP is mostly a pro-inflammatory molecule and is …

BACKGROUND Human pregnancy requires robust hemostasis to prevent hemorrhage
during extravillous trophoblast (EVT) invasion of the decidualized endometrium, modification …

Preeclampsia is an important complication in pregnancy, characterized by hypertension and
proteinuria in the second half of pregnancy. Generalized activation of the inflammatory …

Monocytes are white blood cells that belong to the mononuclear phagocyte system. They
derive from precursors in bone marrow, from there they go into blood, where they have a half …