SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Conde-Agudelo, R Romero - American journal of obstetrics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy
and the risk for preeclampsia. Data Sources MEDLINE, Embase, POPLINE, CINAHL …

The first microbial colonizers of the human gut: composition, activities, and health implications of the infant gut microbiota

C Milani, S Duranti, F Bottacini, E Casey… - Microbiology and …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human gut microbiota is engaged in multiple interactions affecting host health during
the host's entire life span. Microbes colonize the neonatal gut immediately following birth …

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 …

Maternal respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with a robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface

A Lu-Culligan, AR Chavan, P Vijayakumar, L Irshaid… - Med, 2021 - cell.com
Background Pregnant women are at increased risk for severe outcomes from coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the pathophysiology underlying this increased morbidity and …

Viral infections during pregnancy

M Silasi, I Cardenas, JY Kwon, K Racicot… - American journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Viral infections during pregnancy have long been considered benign conditions with a few
notable exceptions, such as herpes virus. The recent Ebola outbreak and other viral …

Does the human placenta delivered at term have a microbiota? Results of cultivation, quantitative real-time PCR, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and metagenomics

KR Theis, R Romero, AD Winters, JM Greenberg… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The human placenta has been traditionally viewed as sterile, and microbial
invasion of this organ has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Yet, recent …

Prevalence and clinical significance of sterile intra‐amniotic inflammation in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes

R Romero, J Miranda… - American journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Problem Inflammation and infection play a major role in preterm birth. The purpose of this
study was to (i) determine the prevalence and clinical significance of sterile intra‐amniotic …

Sterile and microbial-associated intra-amniotic inflammation in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes

R Romero, J Miranda, P Chaemsaithong… - The journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The objectives of this study were to:(1) determine the amniotic fluid (AF)
microbiology of patients with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM); and (2) …

Inflammation and pregnancy: the role of the immune system at the implantation site

G Mor, I Cardenas, V Abrahams… - Annals of the new York …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The concept that pregnancy is associated with immune suppression has created a myth of
pregnancy as a state of immunological weakness and, therefore, of increased susceptibility …

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 …