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Dockree S, Shine B, Pavord S, Impey L, Vatish M. White blood cells in pregnancy: reference intervals for before and after delivery. EBioMedicine 2021; 74:103715. [PMID: 34826802 PMCID: PMC8626574 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND White blood cells (WBC) are commonly measured to investigate suspected infection and inflammation in pregnant women, but the pregnancy-specific reference interval is variably reported, increasing diagnostic uncertainty in this high-risk population. It is essential that clinicians can interpret WBC results in the context of normal pregnant physiology, given the huge global burden of infection on maternal mortality. METHODS We performed a longitudinal, repeated measures population study of 24,318 pregnant women in Oxford, UK, to map the trajectory of WBC between 8-40 weeks of gestation. We defined 95% reference intervals (RI) for total WBC, neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes for the antenatal and postnatal periods. FINDINGS WBC were measured 80,637 times over five years. The upper reference limit for total WBC was elevated by 36% in pregnancy (RI 5.7-15.0×109/L), driven by a 55% increase in neutrophils (3.7-11.6×109/L) and 38% increase in monocytes (0.3-1.1×109/L), which remained stable between 8-40 weeks. Lymphocytes were reduced by 36% (1.0-2.9×109/L), while eosinophils and basophils were unchanged. Total WBC was elevated significantly further from the first day after birth (similar regardless of the mode of delivery), which resolved to pre-delivery levels by an average of seven days, and to pre-pregnancy levels by day 21. INTERPRETATION There are marked changes in WBC in pregnancy, with substantial differences between cell subtypes. WBC are measured frequently in pregnant women in obstetric and non-obstetric settings, and results should be interpreted using a pregnancy-specific RI until delivery, and between days 7-21 after childbirth. FUNDING None.
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- Samuel Dockree
- Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU.
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU
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- Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU
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Jarmund AH, Giskeødegård GF, Ryssdal M, Steinkjer B, Stokkeland LMT, Madssen TS, Stafne SN, Stridsklev S, Moholdt T, Heimstad R, Vanky E, Iversen AC. Cytokine Patterns in Maternal Serum From First Trimester to Term and Beyond. Front Immunol 2021; 12:752660. [PMID: 34721426 PMCID: PMC8552528 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.752660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Pregnancy implies delicate immunological balance between two individuals, with constant changes and adaptions in response to maternal capacity and fetal demands. We performed cytokine profiling of 1149 longitudinal serum samples from 707 pregnant women to map immunological changes from first trimester to term and beyond. The serum levels of 22 cytokines and C-reactive protein (CRP) followed diverse but characteristic trajectories throughout pregnancy, consistent with staged immunological adaptions. Eotaxin showed a particularly robust decrease throughout pregnancy. A strong surge in cytokine levels developed when pregnancies progressed beyond term and the increase was amplified as labor approached. Maternal obesity, smoking and pregnancies with large fetuses showed sustained increase in distinct cytokines throughout pregnancy. Multiparous women had increased cytokine levels in the first trimester compared to nulliparous women with higher cytokine levels in the third trimester. Fetal sex affected first trimester cytokine levels with increased levels in pregnancies with a female fetus. These findings unravel important immunological dynamics of pregnancy, demonstrate how both maternal and fetal factors influence maternal systemic cytokines, and serve as a comprehensive reference for cytokine profiles in normal pregnancies.
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- Anders Hagen Jarmund
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Clinical Services, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Women’s Health, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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Atyeo C, Pullen KM, Bordt EA, Fischinger S, Burke J, Michell A, Slein MD, Loos C, Shook LL, Boatin AA, Yockey LJ, Pepin D, Meinsohn MC, Nguyen NMP, Chauvin M, Roberts D, Goldfarb IT, Matute JD, James KE, Yonker LM, Bebell LM, Kaimal AJ, Gray KJ, Lauffenburger D, Edlow AG, Alter G. Compromised SARS-CoV-2-specific placental antibody transfer. Cell 2021; 184:628-642.e10. [PMID: 33476549 PMCID: PMC7755577 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
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 of immunity to infants remains unclear. Maternal infections have previously been associated with compromised placental antibody transfer, but the mechanism underlying this compromised transfer is not established. Here, we used systems serology to characterize the Fc profile of influenza-, pertussis-, and SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies transferred across the placenta. Influenza- and pertussis-specific antibodies were actively transferred. However, SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody transfer was significantly reduced compared to influenza- and pertussis-specific antibodies, and cord titers and functional activity were lower than in maternal plasma. This effect was only observed in third-trimester infection. SARS-CoV-2-specific transfer was linked to altered SARS-CoV-2-antibody glycosylation profiles and was partially rescued by infection-induced increases in IgG and increased FCGR3A placental expression. These results point to unexpected compensatory mechanisms to boost immunity in neonates, providing insights for maternal vaccine design.
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- Caroline Atyeo
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; PhD Program in Virology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Lurie Center for Autism, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; PhD Program in Immunology and Virology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 47057, Germany
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Global Health, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Osborne LM, Yenokyan G, Fei K, Kraus T, Moran T, Monk C, Sperling R. Innate immune activation and depressive and anxious symptoms across the peripartum: An exploratory study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019; 99:80-86. [PMID: 30195110 PMCID: PMC6234836 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND There are complex associations between immune function and mental illness, yet studies in the perinatal period focus primarily on individual inflammatory markers and depressive symptoms only, cross-sectionally. We sought to examine associations between both depressive and anxious symptoms and immune activation longitudinally across the peripartum. METHODS We measured mood (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI-1 A) and anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, STATE) and levels of 23 cytokines at 5 points in pregnancy and postpartum in 51 women. Within subject cytokine trajectories over time by depressive and anxious symptom grouping were assessed using linear mixed effects models with random intercept and slope. We also undertook an exploratory cluster analysis based on third trimester cytokine values. RESULTS Based on categorical BDI scores, IL-6 (p < 0.001), IL-15 (p = 0.047), GCSF (p = 0.003), and CCL3 (p < .001) were significantly different across time, with IL-6 (p < 0.001), IL-15 (p = 0.003), and CCL3 (p < 0.001) higher at the third trimester visit in more depressed subjects. Based on categorical STATE scores, GM-CSF significantly decreased across pregnancy for the less anxious group (p = 0.016), but not for the more anxious, and CCL3 (p = 0.017), CXCL8 (p = 0.011), and IL-6 (p < 0.001) were higher at the third trimester visit for more anxious subjects. In exploratory cluster analysis based on cytokine level, there were no differences in mood or anxiety scores, but significant differences by race/ethnicity and overweight/obesity status. Women with higher pro-inflammatory cytokine values are more likely to be Hispanics (69.2% vs. 21.4%, p = 0.015), but less likely to be African American (23.1% vs. 60.7%, p = 0.015) or overweight/obese (25% vs. 69.2%, p = 0.016) compared to women with lower pro-inflammatory cytokine values. CONCLUSION We identified a pro-inflammatory burst at the third trimester, indicative of innate immune activation, in women with higher levels of both depressive and anxious symptoms, as well as differences in pro-inflammatory changes across time. We also found significant differences in cytokine levels by race, ethnicity, and overweight/obesity status. These results point the way toward future longitudinal work that considers race/ethnicity, timing, and weight status, and evaluates perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in the context of changing immune functioning across the peripartum.
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- Lauren M Osborne
- Women's Mood Disorders Center, Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Gynecology & Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 550 N. Broadway, Suite 305C, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
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- Johns Hopkins Biostatistics Center, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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Lima J, Martins C, Nunes G, Sousa MJ, Branco JC, Borrego LM. Regulatory T Cells Show Dynamic Behavior During Late Pregnancy, Delivery, and the Postpartum Period. Reprod Sci 2016; 24:1025-1032. [PMID: 28618983 DOI: 10.1177/1933719116676395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical immunomodulators during early pregnancy by preventing maternal T-cell activation against fetal cells. However, how populations of maternal Tregs vary during and after pregnancy in humans is still unclear. Therefore, we investigated Treg subsets in the peripheral blood of pregnant women from late pregnancy through the postpartum period. To accomplish this, the following circulating Treg subsets were analyzed in 43 healthy pregnant women and 35 nonpregnant women by flow cytometry during the third trimester, on the day of delivery, and postpartum: CD4DimCD25Hi, CD4+CD25HiFoxp3+, and CD4+CD25HiCD127-/dim. Additionally, the expression levels of the transcription factor Foxp3 in CD4DimCD25Hi Treg were analyzed. We have found that CD4DimCD25Hi Treg subset significantly decreased in the pregnant women on the day of delivery relative to the third trimester ( P < .05), and that all Treg subsets significantly increased postpartum compared to the third trimester and the day of delivery ( P < .05). Moreover, the Foxp3 expression ratios within the CD4DimCD25Hi Treg subset decreased during pregnancy and until delivery compared to those measured in the nonpregnant women and significantly increased postpartum compared to the third trimester and the day of delivery ( P < .05). Thus, despite their established role in offering immunoprotection to the fetus in early pregnancy, the number of circulating Tregs also varies from late pregnancy to the postpartum period. Our results offer an explanation for the possible effects of pregnancy on the clinical outcomes of some autoimmune diseases during the postpartum period.
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- Jorge Lima
- 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2 Department of Immunology, Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC), Faculty of Medical Sciences, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 2 Department of Immunology, Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC), Faculty of Medical Sciences, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 2 Department of Immunology, Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC), Faculty of Medical Sciences, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 3 Centro de Medicina Laboratorial Germano Sousa, Lisbon, Portugal
- 4 Department of Clinical Pathology, Hospital Prof. Fernando Fonseca, E.P.E., Amadora, Portugal
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- 5 Obstetrics and Gynecology, Private Medical Clinic, Lisbon, Portugal
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- 2 Department of Immunology, Chronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC), Faculty of Medical Sciences, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
- 6 Department of Immunoallergy, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
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Kacerovsky M, Musilova I, Stepan M, Andrys C, Drahosova M, Jacobsson B. Detection of intraamniotic inflammation in fresh and processed amniotic fluid samples with the interleukin-6 point of care test. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015; 213:435-6. [PMID: 26003057 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Marian Kacerovsky
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Mayer AE, Parks GD. An AGM model for changes in complement during pregnancy: neutralization of influenza virus by serum is diminished in late third trimester. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112749. [PMID: 25409303 PMCID: PMC4237339 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Pregnant women in the third trimester are at increased risk of severe influenza disease relative to the general population, though mechanisms behind this are not completely understood. The immune response to influenza infection employs both complement (C') and antibody (Ab). The relative contributions of these components to the anti-viral response are difficult to dissect because most humans have pre-existing influenza-specific Abs. We developed the African green monkey (AGM) as a tractable nonhuman primate model to study changes in systemic innate immunity to influenza during pregnancy. Because the AGMs were influenza-naïve, we were able to examine the role of C' in influenza virus neutralization using serum from non-pregnant animals before and after influenza infection. We determined that serum from naïve AGMs neutralized influenza via C', while post-infection neutralization did not require C', suggesting an Ab-mediated mechanism. The latter mimicked neutralization using human serum. Further, we found that ex vivo neutralization of influenza with both naïve and influenza-immune AGM serum occurred by virus particle aggregation and lysis, with immune serum lysing virus at a much higher rate than naïve serum. We hypothesized that the anti-influenza C' response would diminish late in AGM pregnancy, corresponding with the time when pregnant women suffer increased influenza severity. We found that influenza neutralization capacity is significantly diminished in serum collected late in the third trimester. Strikingly, we found that circulating levels of C3, C3a, and C4 are diminished late in gestation relative to nonpregnant animals, and while neutralization capacity and serum C3a return to normal shortly after parturition, C3 and C4 levels do not. This AGM model system will enable further studies of the role of physiologic and hormonal changes in downregulating C'-mediated anti-viral immunity during pregnancy, and it will permit the identification of therapeutic targets to improve outcomes of influenza virus infection in pregnant women.
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- Anne E. Mayer
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, United States of America
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Vesce F, Cagnazzo E, Giugliano E, Mossuto E, Marci R. The behaviour of the peripheral natural killer cells in the foetal growth restriction. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2014; 18:2248-2252. [PMID: 25219821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
AIM To study the behaviour of the peripheral lymphocyte subsets in foetuses affected by growth restriction. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty consecutive pregnant women with an ultrasound diagnosis of foetal growth restriction were included in this study (group A) while 30 women with a physiologic pregnancy were recruited as control group (group B). The diagnosis was performed during the ultrasound of the third trimester and confirmed at birth. Blood samples were drawn after the ultrasound of the third trimester for all patients. The analyzed populations were: WBC, total lymphocytes, CD2+, CD3+, CD4+, CD5+, CD8+, CD19+, CD56+, HLA-DR+, CD45+, CD3+HLA-DR+, CD4+CD3+, CD3+CD8+, CD2+CD56+, CD19+CD5+, ratio (CD4+CD3+)/(CD3+CD8+). RESULTS The percentage and absolute value of the NK cells was higher in the group A [(20.90 vs. 15.09)%, p = 0.0005; (419.55 vs. 341.40) UI/μl, p = 0.0005]. This trend was confirmed by the CD2+CD56+ natural killer (NK) subset [(18.84 vs. 13.42) UI/μl, p = 0.0005]. Instead, the CD4+ percentage value was lower in the group A [(41.15 vs. 44.84)%, p = 0.03] through the CD4+CD3+/CD3+CD8+ ratio was not significantly different. CONCLUSIONS Our findings reinforce the concept of pregnancy as a controlled systemic inflammatory state that if altered can have adverse consequences for the mother and the foetus.
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- F Vesce
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapies, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
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Resi V, Basu S, Haghiac M, Presley L, Minium J, Kaufman B, Bernard S, Catalano P, Hauguel-de Mouzon S. Molecular inflammation and adipose tissue matrix remodeling precede physiological adaptations to pregnancy. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 303:E832-40. [PMID: 22811467 PMCID: PMC3469618 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00002.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Changes in adipose tissue metabolism are central to adaptation of whole body energy homeostasis to pregnancy. To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms supporting tissue remodeling, we have characterized the longitudinal changes of the adipose transcriptome in human pregnancy. Healthy nonobese women recruited pregravid were followed in early (8-12 wk) and in late (36-38 wk) pregnancy. Adipose tissue biopsies were obtained in the fasting state from the gluteal depot. The adipose transcriptome was examined via whole genome DNA microarray. Expression of immune-related genes and extracellular matrix components was measured using real-time RT-PCR. Adipose mass, adipocyte size, and cell number increased in late pregnancy compared with pregravid measurements (P < 0.001) but remained unchanged in early pregnancy. The adipose transcriptome evolved during pregnancy with 10-15% of genes being differently expressed compared with pregravid. Functional gene cluster analysis revealed that the early molecular changes affected immune responses, angiogenesis, matrix remodeling, and lipid biosynthesis. Increased expression of macrophage markers (CD68, CD14, and the mannose-6 phosphate receptor) emphasized the recruitment of the immune network in both early and late pregnancy. The TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway was enhanced specifically in relation to inflammatory adipokines and chemokines genes. We conclude that early recruitment of metabolic and immune molecular networks precedes the appearance of pregnancy-related physiological changes in adipose tissue. This biphasic pattern suggests that physiological inflammation is an early step preceding the development of insulin resistance, which peaks in late pregnancy.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Adipokines/genetics
- Adipokines/immunology
- Adipokines/metabolism
- Adipose Tissue/immunology
- Adipose Tissue/physiology
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/immunology
- Chemokines/genetics
- Chemokines/immunology
- Chemokines/metabolism
- Female
- Humans
- Inflammation/genetics
- Inflammation/immunology
- Inflammation/physiopathology
- Lipid Metabolism/genetics
- Lipid Metabolism/immunology
- Lipid Metabolism/physiology
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors/biosynthesis
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors/immunology
- NF-kappa B/immunology
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Neovascularization, Physiologic/genetics
- Neovascularization, Physiologic/immunology
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Trimester, First/genetics
- Pregnancy Trimester, First/immunology
- Pregnancy Trimester, First/physiology
- Pregnancy Trimester, Third/genetics
- Pregnancy Trimester, Third/immunology
- Pregnancy Trimester, Third/physiology
- Receptor, IGF Type 2/biosynthesis
- Receptor, IGF Type 2/immunology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Toll-Like Receptor 4/immunology
- Toll-Like Receptor 4/metabolism
- Transcriptome/genetics
- Transcriptome/immunology
- Transcriptome/physiology
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Affiliation(s)
- Veronica Resi
- Center for Reproductive Health, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Dr., Cleveland, OH 44109-1998, USA
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Lo Vasco VR, Salmaso R, Zanardo V, Businaro R, Visentin S, Trevisanuto D, Cosmi E. Fetal aorta wall inflammation in ultrasound-detected aortic intima/media thickness and growth retardation. J Reprod Immunol 2011; 91:103-7. [PMID: 21742382 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2011] [Revised: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 03/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Several studies have reported that fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and infants with low birth weight present increased intima/media thickness (aIMT) of the abdominal aorta wall compared with fetuses and infants appropriate for gestational age (AGA). Evidence suggested that aIMT might be related to inflammation, probably indicating a very early stage of future adulthood disease, such as atherosclerosis. We aimed to investigate histological findings in the abdominal aorta wall of one IUGR stillbirth in which ultrasound had detected aIMT. Microscopy observations of the abdominal aorta wall confirmed the intima thickening and detected condensation of the elastic fibers forming an evident internal elastic membrane and presence of inflammatory elements, such as macrophages, activated endothelial cells, and fibroblastoid cells. The present study highlights that IUGR associated with aIMT is related to inflammation, which might represent a very early sign of future adult lesions.
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Tortladze ML, Kintraia NP, Sanikidze TB. [Predictive value of some parameters of immune balance in preeclampsia]. Georgian Med News 2011:17-21. [PMID: 21525534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The goal of our research was to reveal correlation between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in preeclamptic women. The research was conducted on pregnant women with physiologic pregnancy and with preeclampsia. Parameters of immune system - pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-2; TNF-α) and anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-10) were measured in venous blood by ELISA. The increase of TNF-α and decrease of IL-10 in blood of pregnant women with pre-eclampsia after 20 weeks of gestation were observed; the content of IL-2 was in norm. The highest activation of inflammatory reactions was at the 20-28 weeks of gestation. It was found that women with preeclampsia had high levels of TNF- α in their blood. The increase of TNF- α has a prognostic significance.
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Sánchez-Rodríguez EN, Nava-Salazar S, Mendoza-Rodríguez CA, Moran C, Romero-Arauz JF, Ortega E, Granados J, Cervantes-Peredo A, Cerbón M. Persistence of decidual NK cells and KIR genotypes in healthy pregnant and preeclamptic women: a case-control study in the third trimester of gestation. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2011; 9:8. [PMID: 21247496 PMCID: PMC3034672 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Natural Killer (NK) cells are the most abundant lymphocytes in the decidua during early gestation. The interactions of NK cells with the extravillous cytotrophoblast have been associated with a normal spiral artery remodeling process, an essential event for a successful pregnancy. Recent data indicate that alterations in the amount of decidual NK (dNK) cells contribute to the development of preeclampsia (PE). Moreover, genetic studies suggest that Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) expressed in dNK cells influence the susceptibility to PE. Although dNK cells have been well characterized during early pregnancy, they have been scarcely studied in the third trimester of gestation. The aim of this work was to characterize dNK cells at the last trimester of gestation and to analyze the KIR genotype of healthy and PE women. METHODS Decidual samples were obtained during Caesarean section from control (n = 10) and PE (n = 9) women. Flow cytometric analysis of CD3, CD56, CD16 and CD9 was used to characterize and quantify dNK cells in both groups. Cell surface markers from decidual leukocytes were compared with PBMC from healthy donors.KIR genotyping was performed in genomic DNA (control, n = 86; PE, n = 90) using PCR-SSP. RESULTS The results indicate that dNK cells persist throughout pregnancy. They represented 20% of total leukocytes in control and PE groups, and they expressed the same cell surface markers (CD3-, CD56+, CD16- and CD9+) as dNK in the first trimester of gestation. There were no significant differences in the percentage of dNK cells between control and PE groups. The analysis of KIR gene frequencies and genotypes was not statistically different between control and PE groups. The ratio of activating to inhibitory genes indicated that the overall inhibitory balance (0.2-0.5) was more frequent in the PE group (control, 31.3% vs PE, 45.5%), and the activating balance (0.6-1.1) was more frequent in the control group (control, 68.6% vs PE, 54.4%). However this difference was not significant. CONCLUSION We demonstrated the persistence of dNK cells in PE and control women at the third trimester of pregnancy; these dNK cells had a similar phenotype to those found during early pregnancy. The predominance of a KIR inhibitory balance in the PE group could be associated to the physiopathology of PE.
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- Elly N Sánchez-Rodríguez
- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México, D.F., México
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- Servicio de Complicaciones Hipertensivas, UMAE de Ginecología y Obstetricia "Luis Castelazo Ayala", Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
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- Servicio de Complicaciones Hipertensivas, UMAE de Ginecología y Obstetricia "Luis Castelazo Ayala", Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
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- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM, Mexico, D.F., México
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- Departamento de Transplantes, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y de la Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", México, D.F., México
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- Servicio de Genética, Hospital General de México/Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, México, D.F., México
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México, D.F., México
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Bohács A, Pállinger É, Tamási L, Rigó J, Komlósi Z, Müller V, Dong Y, Magyar P, Falus A, Losonczy G. Surface markers of lymphocyte activation in pregnant asthmatics. Inflamm Res 2010; 59:63-70. [PMID: 19714295 PMCID: PMC2803259 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-009-0070-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2009] [Revised: 07/02/2009] [Accepted: 07/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PROBLEM Pregnancy-associated immunologic alterations may improve the course of asthma. Severe maternal asthma with an exacerbation impairs fetal growth. METHOD OF STUDY Lymphocyte activation was estimated by flow cytometry analysis of surface markers in non-pregnant healthy and mild or moderate persistent asthmatic women and healthy as well as mild or moderate persistent asthmatic, third trimester pregnant women. RESULTS Compared with non-pregnant healthy subjects (n = 12) activated pools within CD4 and CD8 T cells were larger and the number of NK T cells were increased both in non-pregnant asthmatic (n = 12) and in healthy pregnant (n = 13) subjects (all p\0.05). No further lymphocyte activation was observed in pregnant asthmatics (n = 21) compared either with non-pregnant asthmatic, or pregnant healthy women. Average birth weight of newborns was lower (p\0.05) in the asthmatic than in the healthy pregnant group. CONCLUSION Pregnancy is a state of wide-spread lymphocyte activation but it may blunt lymphocyte activation which characterizes bronchial asthma.
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- Anikó Bohács
- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Diós árok u. 1/c, 1125 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics and Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Diós árok u. 1/c, 1125 Budapest, Hungary
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- Ist Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Diós árok u. 1/c, 1125 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Diós árok u. 1/c, 1125 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Diós árok u. 1/c, 1125 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics and Cell- and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Inflammation Biology and Immunogenomics Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Diós árok u. 1/c, 1125 Budapest, Hungary
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Pramanik SS, Pramanik T, Mondal SC, Chanda R. Number, maturity and phagocytic activity of neutrophils in the three trimesters of pregnancy. East Mediterr Health J 2007; 13:862-867. [PMID: 17955769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Specific immunity decreases markedly in pregnancy. This study was designed to determine whether the non-specific immunity mediated by neutrophils plays any role in coping with this immunosuppressed condition. The number of leukocytes and neutrophils, especially the number of young band neutrophils, increased gradually with the advancement of pregnancy. The phagocytic activity of neutrophils increased in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Neutrophils may compensate in part for the weakened specific immunity of pregnant women.
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- S S Pramanik
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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Quiambao BP, Nohynek HM, Käyhty H, Ollgren JP, Gozum LS, Gepanayao CP, Soriano VC, Makela PH. Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine among pregnant Filipino women and placental transfer of antibodies. Vaccine 2007; 25:4470-7. [PMID: 17442467 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2006] [Revised: 01/30/2007] [Accepted: 03/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This randomized, controlled study among pregnant women evaluated the prevaccination distribution of anti-pneumococcal (Pnc) antibodies (Ab), the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of Pnc polysaccharide vaccine, and transplacental transfer of Ab. The Pnc vaccine group (N=106) received Pnc PS vaccine, Hemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine and tetanus toxoid; the control group (N=54) received tetanus toxoid only. Sera and cord blood were assayed for anti-pnc Ab using enzyme immunoassay. In the Pnc vaccine group, anti-Pnc Ab rose by 3- to 9-fold and was significantly higher in cord blood. In evaluating Pnc conjugate vaccines, the concentration of 0.35 microg/ml is suggested as the protective threshold against invasive disease. Around 90% of mothers had this level pre-vaccination. Considering the decay of passively acquired Ab and the growth of the infant, an Ab level in cord blood of at least 4.4 microg/ml is needed if infants are to be protected up to 4 months of age. Cord blood anti-Pnc Ab was above this level in 60% and 10% of the Pnc vaccine and control groups, respectively. Maternal immunization with Pnc polysaccharide vaccine can provide prolonged protection through passively acquired Ab.
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- Beatriz P Quiambao
- Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Alabang, 1781 Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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Stepan H, Wallukat G, Schultheiss HP, Faber R, Walther T. Is parvovirus B19 the cause for autoimmunity against the angiotensin II type receptor? J Reprod Immunol 2006; 73:130-134. [PMID: 17150255 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2006.08.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2006] [Revised: 07/26/2006] [Accepted: 08/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Initial studies have demonstrated the significance of the agonistic angiotensin II receptor AT1 autoantibody (AT1-AA) in preeclampsia, although it is unclear what factors induce its generation. Since the epitope recognized by AT1-AA shares high homology with parvovirus B19 (PVB19) capsid proteins, we have investigated the relationship between the presence of AT1-AA in maternal circulation and PVB19 sero-prevalence in normal and abnormal pregnancy. We determined the parvovirus IgG sero-prevalence in normal pregnancies in the second trimester and those with abnormal uterine perfusion that are at risk for preeclampsia. Secondly, pregnancies at delivery with preeclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction were included. All women with normal perfusion were AT1-AA-negative and 80% were parvovirus-IgG-positive. Sixty-three percent of pregnancies with abnormal uterine perfusion were AT1-AA-positive and 71% IgG-positive. Fifty-two percent of the IgG-positive pregnancies in this subgroup were also AT1-AA-positive, and 9 of the 10 parvovirus IgG-negative women were AT1-AA-positive. In the third trimester, 87% of pregnancies with manifest disease were AT1-AA-positive and 58% IgG-positive. While 79% of the PVB19 IgG-positive pregnancies were also AT1-AA-positive, all parvovirus IgG-negative women were AT1-AA-positive. In all groups, AT1-AA activity did not differ between parvovirus IgG-negative and positive women. We find parvovirus IgG-positive pregnant women in all subgroups without relation to AT1-AA presence. This favors AT1-AA generation to be independent of epitope mimicry between parvovirus B19 capsid proteins and the AT1 receptor.
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- Holger Stepan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF), Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF), Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany; Department of Pharmacology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Shobu T, Sageshima N, Tokui H, Omura M, Saito K, Nagatsuka Y, Nakanishi M, Hayashi Y, Hatake K, Ishitani A. The surface expression of HLA-F on decidual trophoblasts increases from mid to term gestation. J Reprod Immunol 2006; 72:18-32. [PMID: 16806485 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2006.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2005] [Revised: 01/31/2006] [Accepted: 02/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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HLA-F has recently only begun to be studied in earnest, and has been thought not to be expressed on the cell surface. However, in our previous report, we demonstrated surface expression of HLA-F on extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs) invading the decidua in term placental tissues. To better understand its function, we attempted to determine when surface expression of HLA-F begins during normal pregnancy, and whether there is a difference in expression between normal and preeclamptic placentas, by comparing the expression of HLA-G and -E by immunohistochemical staining with anti-HLA-E, -F and -G antibodies (3D12, 3D11 and 87G, respectively). In EVTs, HLA-F was expressed only in the cytoplasm weakly during the first trimester, after which expression increased and moved to the cell surface with the progression of pregnancy from the second trimester, which was confirmed by the results of double-labeled immunofluorescence staining with anti-HLA-F and anti-HLA-G antibodies, and by flow cytometry using trophoblasts isolated from the decidua. HLA-E showed similar expression as HLA-F, though it was expressed on the cell surface from the first trimester, while HLA-G was expressed strongly in the cytoplasm and on the cell surface during all stages of pregnancy. The expressions of HLA-E, -F and -G in preeclamptic placentas were not different from those in normal placentas, though there were a greater number of necrotic EVTs in preeclampsia. The increase in expression of HLA-E and HLA-F from the second trimester to full term was coincident with the timing of rapid growth of the fetus. Our results suggest that these may function together to prepare an environment that supports fetal growth.
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- Takanori Shobu
- Department of Legal Medicine, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara-shi Nara 634-8521, Japan
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Lockwood CJ, Arcuri F, Toti P, Felice CD, Krikun G, Guller S, Buchwalder LF, Schatz F. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta regulate interleukin-8 expression in third trimester decidual cells: implications for the genesis of chorioamnionitis. Am J Pathol 2006; 169:1294-302. [PMID: 17003486 PMCID: PMC1698845 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2006.060185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Chorioamnionitis is associated with intense neutrophil infiltration of the decidua. We therefore determined whether chorioamnionitis enhances decidual interleukin-8 (IL-8) expression and examined cytokine-regulated decidual IL-8 expression. Decidua from chorioamnionitis-complicated pregnancies, but not term controls, displayed marked IL-8 immunohistochemical staining and a dense neutrophil infiltrate. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of microdissected decidual cells identified IL-8 mRNA, confirming decidual synthesis of IL-8. Confluent leukocyte-free term decidual cells were primed with 10(-8) mol/L estradiol (E2) or E2 + 10(-7) mol/L medroxyprogesterone acetate to mimic the steroidal milieu of pregnancy. Compared with cultures maintained in E2 alone, E2 + medroxyprogesterone acetate neither significantly affected IL-8 levels nor altered the response to the cytokines. The addition of 1.0 ng/ml tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) or interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta) increased IL-8 secretion levels by 236.6 +/- 51.4- and 1062.6 +/- 254.3-fold, respectively (n = 8, mean +/- SEM, P < 0.05), as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Concentration-response studies revealed that 0.01 ng/ml TNF-alpha and IL-1beta elevated IL-8 output by 10- and 100-fold, respectively. Western blotting confirmed these results, and quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction demonstrated parallel changes in mRNA levels. In conclusion, IL-8 is strongly expressed in term decidua during chorioamnionitis, and TNF-alpha and IL-1beta enhance IL-8 expression in term decidual cells, suggesting that these cytokines are important regulators of chorioamnionitis-related decidual neutrophil infiltration.
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- Charles J Lockwood
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Room 335 FMB P.O. Box 208063 New Haven, CT.
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Wicherek L, Dutsch-Wicherek M, Mak P, Klimek M. The Role of RCAS1 and oxytocinase in immune tolerance during pregnancy. Fetal Diagn Ther 2005; 20:420-5. [PMID: 16113565 DOI: 10.1159/000086824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2004] [Accepted: 07/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To determine and compare the level of RCAS1 (receptor-binding cancer antigen expressed in SiSo cells) in placentas at term as well as oxytocinase/cystine amino peptidase (CAP) serum level a few days before labor in order to evaluate their possible role in the regulation of maternal immune response during pregnancy and in initiation of labor. METHODS We estimated the RCAS1 content in 44 placental tissue samples, using Western blot method. We also assessed CAP serum level by its enzymatic activity, using L-cystine-di-beta-naphthylamide as a synthetic substrate. The statistical analysis was performed using Shapiro-Wilk procedure. Student's t test was applied to compare the differences between parametric data. A value of p < 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS RCAS1 was found in all placental tissue samples examined. The differences in the RCAS1 relative amount depended on the onset of labor, with the highest level in induced labor and the lowest in spontaneous labor. The differences were also observed in the CAP serum level with the highest level in pregnant women whose labor was induced. CONCLUSIONS We have observed a link between the expression of the two proteins examined and the onset of the labor. Therefore, we posit that RCAS1 and CAP may play a role in the downregulation of the maternal immune response during pregnancy and may participate in the initiation of the labor.
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- L Wicherek
- Department of Gynecology and Infertility of Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
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Walther T, Wallukat G, Jank A, Bartel S, Schultheiss HP, Faber R, Stepan H. Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Agonistic Antibodies Reflect Fundamental Alterations in the Uteroplacental Vasculature. Hypertension 2005; 46:1275-9. [PMID: 16260641 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000190040.66563.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Abnormal uterine perfusion detected by Doppler sonography reflects impaired trophoblast invasion, a factor involved in the pathogenesis of pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia or intrauterine growth retardation. Recent studies have demonstrated an autoantibody against the angiotensin type 1 (AT
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) receptor in pregnant women with preeclampsia. Our aim was to determine whether the AT
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autoantibody precedes the clinical symptoms and is thus predictive of preeclampsia. We therefore detected this antibody in serum from second trimester pregnancies with abnormal uterine perfusion because these women show an indirect sign of inadequate trophoblast invasion. Then the AT
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autoantibody distribution/concentration was compared with that of women at term with or without pregnancy pathology. The AT
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autoantibody was already detectable in second trimester pregnant women with abnormal uterine perfusion before the clinical manifestation of preeclampsia (80%). However, it was also found in second trimester pregnant women with abnormal uterine perfusion who later developed intrauterine growth retardation (60%) or even had a normal course of pregnancy (62%). In the third trimester, the AT
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autoantibody was demonstrated in 89% of patients with manifest preeclampsia, 86% of those with manifest intrauterine growth retardation, and even in healthy pregnant women at term with a history of abnormal uterine perfusion in the second trimester. We conclude that the AT
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autoantibody may thus be causative for pathological uteroplacental perfusion.
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- Thomas Walther
- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Charité-Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
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PROBLEM Initiation of parturition is associated with migration of leukocytes to the reproductive tract. This migration is controlled in part by expression of adhesion molecules on the surface of leukocytes and vascular endothelial cells. Within the reproductive tract, certain endothelial adhesion molecules, including intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), are up-regulated at the end of gestation. ICAM-1 binds to the beta(2) integrin CD11b on the leukocytes. In this study, we wanted to investigate whether complementary changes occur in expression of adhesion molecules on maternal leukocytes in preparation for parturition. METHOD OF STUDY We used flow cytometry to ascertain changes in adhesion molecules expression on leukocytes throughout third trimester and labor. RESULTS We found a significant increase in the expression of CD11b on monocytes and granulocytes in women at >37 weeks of gestation. CONCLUSIONS CD11b may be a key molecule for leukocyte trafficking to the reproductive tract at the end of pregnancy.
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- Patrizia Luppi
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunogenetics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Hönig A, Rieger L, Kapp M, Sütterlin M, Dietl J, Kämmerer U. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) expression in invasive extravillous trophoblast supports role of the enzyme for materno-fetal tolerance. J Reprod Immunol 2004; 61:79-86. [PMID: 15063631 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2003.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/14/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
It is still not understood how the fetus escapes from being attacked by the maternal immune system. Recent reports based on mouse and in vitro models have suggested that the enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is important for materno-fetal tolerance. IDO activity in the human placenta is known to be high and might lead to inhibition of T-cell proliferation, thus preventing fetal tissue from rejection by the maternal immune system. In an attempt to elucidate the precise location of IDO at the feto-maternal junctional zone, we investigated human placental and decidual tissue of first and third trimester of pregnancy using an immunohistochemical approach. In placental tissues, only syncytiotrophoblast and endothelial cells showed moderate expression of IDO. This pattern was observed regardless of whether first or third trimester tissue was investigated. In early and term decidua, cells with the typical morphology of invasive extravillous trophoblast (EVT) were strongly positive for IDO. Blocking immunohistochemical experiments with cytokeratin and IDO antibodies identified invasive EVT as the location of predominant IDO expression. Since EVT are the fetal cells with the closest contact to the maternal immune system, our results suggest that it is EVT which protects the fetus from rejection by downregulating local maternal T-cell responses.
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- Arnd Hönig
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 4, D-97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Larsen JF, Bock JE, Jørgensen JR. [Prevention of Rh immunization. II. Management of the risk during the second half of pregnancy and postpartum]. Ugeskr Laeger 2004; 166:3078-83. [PMID: 15387304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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- Jørgen Falck Larsen
- Amtssygehuset i Herlev, Gynaekologisk-Obstetrisk Afdeling, H:S Rigshospitalet, Juliane Marie Centret, Obstetrisk Klinik.
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study was carried out to determine the safety and immunogenicity of RSV PFP-2 vaccine (Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines, NY) in 35 healthy women in the third trimester of pregnancy and their offspring. Infants were followed during their first RSV season for occurrence and severity of respiratory illnesses. RSV-PFP-2 vaccine was safe and well tolerated by pregnant women. Mild pain at the site of injection occurred in 65% of PFP-2 and 13% of placebo recipients (P=0.005). There were no systemic reactions, fever, or serious adverse events associated with vaccine administration in mothers. All 35 infants were born healthy, and there were no differences among the groups in perinatal or neonatal outcomes, growth and development in the first year of life. During the RSV season, there was no increase in the frequency or morbidity associated with respiratory tract illnesses in infants of vaccine recipients. 15/20 (75%) vaccine recipients had a response to PFP-2 by Western blot vs. 0/15 placebo recipients (P<0.01). 19/20 (95%) vaccine recipients had a > or =4 fold rise in IgG ELISA Ab after immunization with PFP-2 vs. 0/15 placebo recipients (P<0.01). Geometric mean concentrations of IgG ELISA Ab were 4 fold higher in infants of vaccine recipients at birth, 2 and 6 months after delivery than in infants of placebo recipients (P<0.01). A modest (0.5log2) increase in neutralization Ab was observed in vaccine recipients and their infants. The half-life of maternal antibodies in infants was > or =3 weeks. There was no evidence of enhanced T-cell or cytokine activity in infants of vaccine recipients vs. infants of placebo recipients. Vaccine specific anti-F IgA and IgG concentrations in breast milk were higher in mothers who received RSV-PFP-2.
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- Flor M Munoz
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Influenza Reseach Center, One Baylor Plaza Suite 221 D, MS-BCM-280, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Quiambao BP, Nohynek H, Käyhty H, Ollgren J, Gozum L, Gepanayao CP, Soriano V, Mäkela PH. Maternal immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the Philippines. Vaccine 2003; 21:3451-4. [PMID: 12850358 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00349-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A randomized, controlled study was conducted to evaluate the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of the 23-valent pneumococcal (Pnc) polysaccharide (PS) vaccine among pregnant women and to ascertain the transfer of anti-Pnc antibody (Ab) from mother to infant. One hundred and sixty women received either one dose of Pnc PS vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine and tetanus toxoid (TT) (Pnc vaccine group, N=106) or TT only (control group, N=54). Sera were obtained from all mothers prior to vaccination and 4 weeks after from the vaccinated group. Cord blood was obtained in 75% of deliveries. Anti-Pnc Ab for serotypes 1, 5, 6B, 14, 18C and 19F was determined using enzyme immunoassay. The Pnc vaccine and control groups were comparable in terms of age, parity, gravidity, prior doses of TT, and pre-vaccination geometric mean concentration (GMC in microg/ml) of anti-Pnc Ab. Between 66 and 87% of the mothers had type-specific Ab prior to vaccination. There was a significant rise in anti-Pnc Ab (varying from 3.3- to 9.1-fold for the individual serotypes) between the pre and post-vaccination samples. Adverse reactions were mild and required no treatment. The level of anti-Pnc Ab in cord blood was significantly lower in the control group compared to the Pnc vaccine group. Vaccination of pregnant women with Pnc Ps vaccine induces good immune response and Ab can be transferred to their infants via cord blood thus providing enhanced protection.
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- B P Quiambao
- Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila 1781, Philippines.
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Cénac A, Djibo A, Chaigneau C, Velmans N, Orfila J. Are anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies prognosis indicators for peripartum cardiomyopathy? J Cardiovasc Risk 2003; 10:195-9. [PMID: 12775952 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000065925.57001.3b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The authors recently pointed out an epidemiological relation between specific anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies and peripartum cardiomyopathy in Niamey (Republic of Niger). DESIGN In this work, they studied the prognosis value of such specific antibodies. METHODS The serological status for specific IgG, IgA and IgM anti-C. pneumoniae antibodies of 50 African women (age, mean+/-SD = 30.2 +/- 7 years) hospitalized in Niamey, with peripartum cardiomyopathy, was determined at the time of diagnosis. The diagnosis was categorized as 'complete remission' (13 patients, age = 29.3 +/- 6.5 years, observation delay = 27 months), 'incomplete remission' (27 patients, age = 30.7 +/- 7.6 years, observation delay = 14 months) and 'deceased' (10 patients, age = 30.3 +/- 6.2 years, observation delay = 13 months). The control group comprised 27 African women (age = 25.2 +/- 4.6 years), living in the same area. The Mann-Whitney and Fisher's exact tests were used for the statistical comparison. RESULTS The dilution of IgG specific anti-C. pneumoniae antibodies was higher (P = 0.047) in the 'incomplete remission' compared with 'complete remission'. The dilution of IgA specific anti-C. pneumoniae antibodies was higher (P = 0.033) in the patients with a severe evolution ('deceased' + 'incomplete remission') compared with 'complete remission'. There was no significant difference between patients in 'complete remission' compared with 'controls'. CONCLUSIONS At the time of peripartum cardiomyopathy diagnosis the specific IgG and IgA anti-C. pneumoniae antibodies are of prognosis value: a high dilution is more often associated with a poor prognosis. This is the first identified prognosis factor during the precocious evolution of peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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- Arnaud Cénac
- EA-948, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Médecine de Brest (Université de Bretagne Occidentale), CHU de la Cavale Blanche, 29609 Brest, France.
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Revoltella RP, Laricchia Robbio L, Moscato S, Vinante F, Fasciani A, Liberati AM, Reato G, Foa R. Naturally-occurring anti-G-CSF antibodies produced by human cord blood B-cell lines infected with Epstein-Barr virus. Hematol J 2002; 2:161-71. [PMID: 11920241 DOI: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2000] [Accepted: 11/29/2000] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Naturally occurring antibodies (auto-Abs) recognizing human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor were detected with high frequency in serum samples obtained from umbilical cord blood of newborns (12 of 65 samples screened) and maternal peripheral blood serum samples from women at the end of gestation (seven of 56 cases tested). The aim of this paper was to demonstrate that auto-Abs anti-G-CSF revealed in the blood of newborns were produced during foetal life. MATERIALS AND METHODS Mononuclear cells from cord blood samples of different newborns containing high titer anti-G-CSF Abs were infected with Epstein-Barr virus in vitro, and EBV-immortalized B-cell lines were isolated and characterized for specific anti-G-CSF Ab production. RESULTS Six different, unrelated cell lines of male origin which showed the presence of EBNA-2 antigen in the nucleus, displayed a B-cell phenotype (CD30+, CD5-, CD10-, HLA-DR+, CD19+, CD20+, CD23+, CD38+, CD25+), coexpressed low intensity sIgM and sIgD, and produced only IgM with prevailing lambda clonal restriction and anti-rhG-CSF Ab reactivity. The Ab specificity was proven against either glycosylated or unglycosylated G-CSF by saturable binding in direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, by competition binding and Western immunoblotting assays. CONCLUSION The secreted Abs did not affect the in vitro generation of granulocyte colonies by human normal adult haemopoietic progenitor cells in soft agar clonogenic assays, suggesting that these Abs were not neutralizing.
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- R P Revoltella
- Institute of Mutagenesis and Differentiation, C.N.R., Pisa, Italy.
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Ricke CH, Staalsoe T, Koram K, Akanmori BD, Riley EM, Theander TG, Hviid L. Plasma antibodies from malaria-exposed pregnant women recognize variant surface antigens on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in a parity-dependent manner and block parasite adhesion to chondroitin sulfate A. J Immunol 2000; 165:3309-16. [PMID: 10975848 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.6.3309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In areas of intense Plasmodium falciparum transmission, clinical immunity is acquired during childhood, and adults enjoy substantial protection against malaria. An exception to this rule is pregnant women, in whom malaria is both more prevalent and severe than in nonpregnant women. Pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) in endemic areas is concentrated in the first few pregnancies, indicating that protective immunity to PAM is a function of parity. The placenta is often heavily infected in PAM, and placental parasites show a striking preference for chondroitin sulfate A (CSA) as an adhesion receptor. Plasma Abs from malaria-exposed multiparous women are able to interfere with binding of P. falciparum parasites to CSA in vitro, and acquisition of Abs interfering with CSA-specific parasite sequestration thus appears to be a critical element in acquired protection against PAM. Here we show that adults from an area of hyperendemic P. falciparum transmission generally possessed low levels of Abs specifically recognizing surface Ags expressed by a CSA-adhering parasite isolate, while unselected isolates were well recognized. In marked contrast, most third-trimester pregnant women from that area had very high plasma levels of such Abs. Plasma levels of Abs specifically recognizing the CSA-adhering isolate strongly depended on parity, whereas recognition of CSA-nonadhering isolates did not. Finally, we demonstrate a clear correlation between plasma levels of Abs recognizing the CSA-specific isolate and the ability to interfere with its sequestration to CSA in vitro. Our study supports the hypothesis that Abs inhibiting CSA-specific parasite sequestration are important in acquisition of protection against PAM.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan/blood
- Antibodies, Protozoan/pharmacology
- Antigen-Antibody Reactions
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antiprotozoal Agents/blood
- Antiprotozoal Agents/pharmacology
- Cell Adhesion/immunology
- Child
- Chondroitin Sulfates/immunology
- Erythrocyte Membrane/immunology
- Erythrocyte Membrane/parasitology
- Female
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Immunosuppressive Agents/blood
- Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology
- Malaria, Falciparum/blood
- Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology
- Malaria, Falciparum/immunology
- Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology
- Male
- Parity/immunology
- Plasmodium falciparum/growth & development
- Plasmodium falciparum/immunology
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/blood
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/epidemiology
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/immunology
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/parasitology
- Pregnancy Trimester, Third/immunology
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- C H Ricke
- Centre for Medical Parasitology at Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet) and Institute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Plaeger S, Bermudez S, Mikyas Y, Harawa N, Dickover R, Mark D, Dillon M, Bryson YJ, Boyer PJ, Sinsheimer JS. Decreased CD8 cell-mediated viral suppression and other immunologic characteristics of women who transmit human immunodeficiency virus to their infants. J Infect Dis 1999; 179:1388-94. [PMID: 10228059 DOI: 10.1086/314746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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CD8 T cell function, lymphocyte surface phenotype, serum markers of immunologic activation, and viral burden were assessed in 75 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected pregnant women, including 9 who transmitted infection to their infants. Serial studies during and after pregnancy showed no significant differences in levels of cell-surface or serum activation molecules in transmitting compared to nontransmitting mothers, with the exception of a postpartum increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha in transmitting women. The transmitting women had a median plasma viral load of 65,516 RNA copies/mL at delivery versus 5139 in nontransmitting women. During the third trimester, the CD8 cells of 81% of the nontransmitting and 44% of the transmitting mothers suppressed HIV production in vitro by >50%. Women with <50% suppression had a 3.4 times greater risk of transmitting HIV to their infants. CD8 suppression and viral load were interrelated, but when either CD4 percent or AZT use was controlled for, suppression was still significant.
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- S Plaeger
- Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA.
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Fan L, Zhang X, Xu L, Yang J, Li W, Liu B. Preliminary study on the expression of HLA-G mRNA in normal placenta and placenta with RSA after immunotherapy. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:1854-6. [PMID: 10371972 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(99)00187-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- L Fan
- Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai Institute of Immunology, China
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Mor G, Gutierrez LS, Eliza M, Kahyaoglu F, Arici A. Fas-fas ligand system-induced apoptosis in human placenta and gestational trophoblastic disease. Am J Reprod Immunol 1998; 40:89-94. [PMID: 9764350 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00396.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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PROBLEM The low frequency of maternal immune responses to paternally inherited fetal antigens raises the following question: What regulates the immunobiology of pregnancy? Data suggest that this state is the result of peripheral immune-tolerance, an active process of immune-regulation in which activated T cells undergo apoptosis. We studied Fas ligand (FasL) expression and apoptosis in normal and pathologic placentas to find out whether the Fas-FasL-induced apoptosis takes place during implantation. METHOD OF STUDY FasL expression in paraffin sections was detected using specific antibodies and confirmed with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of total RNA from frozen placentas. Apoptosis was detected using the terminal deoxy (d)-UTP nick end-labeling assay. RESULTS FasL was found in the normal placenta and in gestational trophoblastic disease. Apoptotic leukocytes were localized to the maternal-fetal interface corresponding in localization with the distribution of FasL. CONCLUSIONS We propose that FasL expression in the placenta is a mechanism responsible for the development of maternal immune tolerance specific for paternal alloantigens and operates in pathologic states characterized by trophoblastic invasion/proliferation.
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- G Mor
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8063, USA
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We analysed the reactivities of IgM and of IgG towards protein antigens in normal human tissue extracts in the sera of healthy women in the third trimester of pregnancy, young nulliparous women and adult men. The self-reactive antibody repertoires of IgM in the serum of pregnant women exhibited striking homogeneity among individuals and did not differ from those of nulliparous women and young males. Similar results were obtained upon analysis of repertoires of IgG purified from serum. Multiparametric statistics failed to discriminate among pregnant women, nulliparous women and young adult males for reactivity of serum IgG and purified IgG with self-antigens. The results indicate that self-reactive IgM and IgG repertoires do not differ in the third trimester of a normal pregnancy from those which characterize healthy adults.
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- L Mouthon
- INSERM U430, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France
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Tanzi ML, Colotto P, Vignali M, Affanni P, Bracchi U, Bellelli E. Antipoliomyelitis neutralizing antibodies in maternal and neonatal serum. Eur J Epidemiol 1997; 13:559-65. [PMID: 9258569 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007345930234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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During 1993 blood samples were taken from 1251 women consecutively admitted to the Maternity Ward of the University of Parma. Samples were also taken from all the newborn babies. Absence of antipolio neutralizing antibodies in serum diluted 1/2 was shown in 6 mothers; 4 mothers for polio 1, 1 mother for polio 2 and 1 simultaneously for the poliovirus 1 and 3. If one considers only the cases of absence in undiluted serum, there were 2 negative subjects (0.16%). One of these was for antibodies against polio 1 and the other for antibodies against polio 2. In the cord blood samples the frequency of negative results in serum diluted 1/2 is higher: 42 in all with 13 babies negative for polio 1. 17 babies for polio 2, 8 for polio 3 and 2 babies simultaneously for polio 1 and polio 3. If one considers just the babies without antibodies even in undiluted serum, the fraction of seronegatives is 9 (0.7%) with 1 for polio 1, 6 for polio 2 and 1 for types 1 and 3. The Geometric Mean Titres of the antibodies are significantly higher in mothers born before 1964 (year of introduction of mass vaccination with OPV) compared with those born after that year. Likewise, the same phenomenon was observed in the respective children.
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- M L Tanzi
- Istituto di Igiene, University of Parma, Italy
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Taechowisan T, Sutthent R, Louisirirotchanakul S, Puthavathana P, Wasi C. Immune status in congenital infections by TORCH agents in pregnant Thais. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 1997; 15:93-7. [PMID: 9346273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A cross-sectional, sero-epidemiological survey of the prevalence of antibodies to TORCH agents during various stages of gestation revealed an overall rate of 13-15 percent having antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii; 85-87 percent, to rubella ; 79-81 percent, to herpes simplex virus (HSV); 100 percent, to cytomegalovirus (CMV); 82-86 percent, to human herpes virus type 6 (HHV-6); 1-2 percent, to hepatitis C virus (HCV). None of human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) antibody was detected, and a prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was 6 percent. Although a tendency was noted towards an increase of antibody detection to each TORCH agent as gestation progressed, a statistically significant increase in antibodies titer and specific IgM antibody was found with regard to CMV. These results suggest an increase in CMV infection or reactivation during pregnancy whereas an increase in the other TORCH infections was not obvious.
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- T Taechowisan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand
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Inostroza J, Ferrada J, Navarrete C, Sorensen RU. Soluble histocompatibility class I antigens and beta 2-microglobulin in pregnant females and cord blood samples. Hum Immunol 1997; 54:63-8. [PMID: 9154459 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(97)83079-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Pregnancy can be considered a successful transplantation of allogeneic paternal tissue to the mother. Soluble HLA class I serum levels have been found to increase during solid organ rejection episodes and during graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation. We wished to determine whether significant changes in sHLA class I and beta 2-microglobulin light chain levels occurred during pregnancy, because these may reflect adaptive changes permitting the acceptance of the fetal graft. Serum samples were obtained from women at different stages of pregnancy and in the postpartum period. Cord blood samples and serum samples from nonpregnant female and male controls living in the same geographic area in Southern Chile were also studied. The levels of sHLA class I heterodimers were determined by an ELISA sandwich technique; beta 2-microglobulin levels were measured by MEIA IMX-Abbott. There was a significant elevation of sHLA class I levels in the first 2 trimesters of pregnancy, followed by a significant drop below normal levels at the end of pregnancy, with normalization in the post-partum period. beta 2-microglobulin levels did not change significantly during pregnancy and did not correlate with sHLA class I levels. In cord blood samples, sHLA class I levels were lower and beta 2-microglobulin levels higher than those of adult controls and of mothers at the time of delivery. The variations in sHLA class I levels during pregnancy may reflect or contribute to immunoregulatory events related to the acceptance of the fetal graft.
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- J Inostroza
- Immunology Laboratory, Hospital Regional de Temuco, Chile
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Jones AC, Miles EA, Warner JO, Colwell BM, Bryant TN, Warner JA. Fetal peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferative responses to mitogenic and allergenic stimuli during gestation. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 1996; 7:109-16. [PMID: 9116874 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1996.tb00117.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Blood samples were obtained from fetuses and premature babies (n = 51) (15-34 weeks gestation) to determine at what stage the fetal immune system was able to produce a positive proliferative response to common allergens. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were stimulated with the mitogen, phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), and the allergens, house dust mite, cat fur, birch tree pollen, beta-lactoglobulin, ovalbumin and bee venom (mellitin). Results were expressed as ratios of stimulated to unstimulated 3H thymidine incorporation, and as percent positive responders. There was an increase in proliferation ratio which correlated with increasing gestational age for PHA (p < 0.0001), cat fur (p = 0.042), birch pollen (p = 0.022) and beta-lactoglobulin (p = 0.006). The point in gestation when cells from some individuals began responding to the allergens with a ratio of 2.0 was at approximately 22 weeks. PBMC proliferative response ratios were higher from samples from babies > 22 weeks gestation compared to < 22 weeks for the mitogen and all allergens, except mellitin. There was also a greater proportion of positive responders from samples > 22 weeks compared to < 22 weeks for the mitogen and all allergens, except mellitin. Maternal exposure to birch pollen, which has a discrete season, was assessed to determine whether exposure had occurred at 22 weeks gestation or beyond. Results showed a higher proliferative response in infant cells stimulated with birch pollen (p = 0.005) and higher proportion of positive responders (p = 0.01) in the group of babies whose mothers had been exposed to birch pollen beyond 22 weeks, compared to those whose mothers had not been so exposed. These results suggest that in utero fetal exposure to an allergen from around 22 weeks gestation may result in primary sensitisation to that allergen, leading to positive proliferative responses, at birth.
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- A C Jones
- Department of Child Health, University of Southampton, England
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Tomer Y, Viegas OA, Swissa M, Koh SC, Shoenfeld Y. Levels of lupus autoantibodies in pregnant SLE patients: correlations with disease activity and pregnancy outcome. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1996; 14:275-80. [PMID: 8809441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To follow the levels of lupus autoantibodies throughout pregnancy in a large cohort of pregnant SLE patients, and to examine whether they correlate with disease activity and pregnancy outcome. METHODS 54 pregnancies in 46 SLE patients, and 70 control pregnant women were followed in the study. All patients were receiving steroid treatment. Titers of antibodies to ssDNA, dsDNA, histones, cardiolipin (CL) and phosphatidylserine (PS) were determined at the first, second, and third trimester and post-partum by ELISA. RESULTS Overall the average levels of autoantibodies in all the patients were within the normal range, except for the average levels of anti-dsDNA antibodies which were elevated during the second trimester. Eight women (14.5%) had active disease during pregnancy, and there was a significant correlation between the levels of anti-dsDNA and the risk of disease activity (p = 0.0225). There were 7 fetal losses. There was a tendency for correlation between elevated anti-dsDNA levels, and anti-CL levels and the risk of fetal loss; however, this did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.0685, and 0.0881, respectively). There was a significant correlation between the levels of anti-dsDNA antibodies and the risk of preterm delivery (p = 0.0331). CONCLUSIONS Pregnancy in SLE patients is associated with significant complications to both the mother and the fetus. Anti-dsDNA levels seem to correlate with the risk of disease exacerbation, and prematurity. Elevated levels of anti-dsDNA and anti-CL may suggest an increased risk of fetal loss.
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- Y Tomer
- Research Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Burns DN, Nourjah P, Minkoff H, Korelitz J, Biggar RJ, Landesman S, Rubinstein A, Wright D, Nugent RP. Changes in CD4+ and CD8+ cell levels during pregnancy and post partum in women seropositive and seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus-1. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996; 174:1461-8. [PMID: 9065112 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70589-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Our objective was to examine changes in CD4+ and CD8+ cell levels during pregnancy and post partum and to determine whether they differ for human immunodeficiency virus-1-seropositive and seronegative women. STUDY DESIGN A total of 192 human immunodeficiency virus-1-seropositive and 148 seronegative women enrolled in a study of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 who had at least two lymphocyte subset measurements performed during pregnancy or post partum were included in this analysis. Mixed effects repeated-measures models were developed to examine changes in CD4+ and CD8+ cell levels during this period. RESULTS Consistent with prior reports that CD4+ cell levels decline during pregnancy and return to normal post partum, percent levels increased between the third trimester and 12 months post partum among human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative women (1.98%, p = 0.04). However, CD4+ levels declined steadily during pregnancy and post partum among seropositive women (-1.57%, p = 0.02 between the third trimester and 12 months post partum; =2.65%, p = 0.0004 between 2 and 24 months post partum). The percent CD8+ cell levels increased at or near delivery and declined to baseline between 2 and 6 months post partum in both seronegative and seropositive women, although only the declines were statistically significant in both groups (-2.66%, p = 0.004; and -2.02%, p = 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The percent CD4+ cell levels declined steadily during pregnancy and post partum among human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive women, indicating that human immunodeficiency virus disease continues to progress during this period. The percent CD8+ cell levels increased at or near delivery and declined to baseline post partum in both seronegative and seropositive women. These findings may have important clinical implications for both human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected pregnant women.
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- D N Burns
- Pediatric, Adolescent, and Maternal AIDS Branch, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892-7510, USA
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PROBLEM To obtain a systematic view of changes in the levels of immunoglobulins (Igs), other serum proteins, and autoantibodies during pregnancy and postpartum. METHOD A series of 220 women were followed throughout pregnancy and four to six months postpartum. RESULTS Immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentration clearly decreased toward term. The concentrations of IgM and IgA decreased only slightly. In most instances autoantibody levels paralleled changes in the corresponding immunoglobulin class levels. In few cases, however, there were clear deviations from this. With respect to IgG class autoantibodies, the highest autoantibody levels were found in the postpartum specimen. IgM class autoantibody levels remained almost constant throughout the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS The intrapregnancy decrease of IgG is mainly due to hemodilution, but when the effect of hemodilution is taken into account, total amounts of IgM and IgA are increased. The results suggests that compared to IgG the regulatory mechanisms of IgM and IgA are altered during pregnancy.
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- K T Ailus
- Department of Immunobiology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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D'Alfonso A, Picariello A, Maccarone D, Palumbo F, Casciani CU, Moscarini M. [Modification of immunologic parameters in physiologic pregnancy]. Minerva Ginecol 1993; 45:145-8. [PMID: 8506063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Changes in lymphocyte subsets in whole blood of normal pregnant women were examined by flow cytometry. From the first trimester and throughout pregnancy, the count of B cell subset remain unchanged. On the contrary, the percentage of "helper" lymphocytes decreased in the first trimester, increase in the third. These changes of lymphocyte subsets may indicate suppression of immunological activity during pregnancy.
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- A D'Alfonso
- Dipartimento Discipline Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi de l'Aquila
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Toyoshima K, Makino T, Sugi T, Nozawa S, Iizuka R, Ikeda Y, Ikeda T. Correlation between trimester of fetal wastage and anti-cardiolipin antibody titer. Int J Fertil 1991; 36:89-93. [PMID: 1674936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The existence of circulating lupus anticoagulant and anti-cardiolipin antibodies (ACA) has been reported to be associated with recurrent fetal loss. We used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of ACA in plasma samples from 104 women with a history of recurrent fetal loss. The normal range of the ACA level was defined as less than 6 GPL (IgG anti-cardiolipin) units (n = 100 normal plasma samples). Nine women (9.7%) were positive for ACA. The population was divided into two groups on the basis of medical history, and analysis revealed that 42.8% (3/7) of the group of patients with at least one fetal loss in the second or third trimester were positive for ACA; their mean ACA titer was 34 GPL units.
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- K Toyoshima
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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