Monitoring fetal immune development in human pregnancies: current concepts and future goals

Monitoring fetal immune development in human pregnancies: current concepts and future goals

Highlights • Association between fetal stress, immune development and autoimmune disease. • Monitoring of fetal immune organ development possible using ultrasound. • Prenatal ultrasound of thymus promising method to monitor fetal immune development. • Need for prospective studies to measure impact o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of reproductive immunology 2014-10, Vol.104, p.49-53
Hauptverfasser: Pagenkemper, Mirja, Diemert, Anke
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Female
Fetal adrenal gland
Fetal Development
Fetal immune system
Fetal thymus
Fetal ultrasound
Humans
Mice
Monitoring, Physiologic - methods
Monitoring, Physiologic - trends
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pregnancy - immunology
T-Lymphocytes - immunology
Trophoblasts - immunology
Ultrasonography - methods
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Association between fetal stress, immune development and autoimmune disease. • Monitoring of fetal immune organ development possible using ultrasound. • Prenatal ultrasound of thymus promising method to monitor fetal immune development. • Need for prospective studies to measure impact of fetal stress on the immune system.
ISSN:0165-0378
1872-7603
DOI:10.1016/j.jri.2014.06.001