Pregnancy and COVID-19

EAN Wastnedge, RM Reynolds… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
There are many unknowns for pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic. Clinical experience of pregnancies complicated with infection by …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of COVID-19 on the placenta during pregnancy

HS Rad, J Röhl, N Stylianou, MC Allenby… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global pandemic. The virus primarily affects the …

[HTML][HTML] Genes and pathways associated with pregnancy loss in dairy cattle

A Sigdel, RS Bisinotto, F Peñagaricano - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Pregnancy loss directly impairs reproductive performance in dairy cattle. Here, we
investigated genetic factors associated with pregnancy loss following detection of a viable …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying a causal link between prolactin signaling pathways and COVID-19 vaccine-induced menstrual changes

R Hajjo, E Momani, DA Sabbah, N Baker, A Tropsha - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
COVID-19 vaccines have been instrumental tools in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 helping
to reduce disease severity and mortality. At the same time, just like any other therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological tolerance, pregnancy, and preeclampsia: the roles of semen microbes and the father

LC Kenny, DB Kell - Frontiers in medicine, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Although it is widely considered, in many cases, to involve two separable stages (poor
placentation followed by oxidative stress/inflammation), the precise originating causes of …

[HTML][HTML] The Immunological Role of the Placenta in SARS-CoV-2 Infection—Viral Transmission, Immune Regulation, and Lactoferrin Activity

I Bukowska-Ośko, M Popiel, P Kowalczyk - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A pandemic of acute respiratory infections, due to a new type of coronavirus, can cause
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has created the need for a better …

[HTML][HTML] The role of innate immune system in the human amniotic membrane and human amniotic fluid in protection against intra-amniotic infections and inflammation

T Šket, TŽ Ramuta, M Starčič Erjavec… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Intra-amniotic infection and inflammation (IAI) affect fetal development and are highly
associated with preterm labor and premature rupture of membranes, which often lead to …

Immune activation by nucleic acids: A role in pregnancy complications

B Konečná, L Lauková, B Vlková - Scandinavian journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cell‐free self‐DNA or RNA may induce an immune response by activating specific sensing
receptors. During pregnancy, placental nucleic acids present in the maternal circulation …

Innate immune responses to toll-like receptor stimulation are altered during the course of pregnancy

SM Ziegler, CN Feldmann, SH Hagen, L Richert… - Journal of Reproductive …, 2018 - Elsevier
During pregnancy the maternal immune system has to develop tolerance towards the
developing fetus. These changes in maternal immunity can result in increased severity of …

[HTML][HTML] SPLUNC1 reduces the inflammatory response of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells infected with the EB virus by inhibiting the TLR9/NF-κB pathway

C Ou, Z Sun, H Zhang, W Xiong, J Ma… - Oncology …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
Studies indicate that the natural immune-related protein short palate, lung, and nasal
epithelium clone 1 (SPLUNC1) plays an antitumor role in nasopharyngeal epithelial tissue …