Offspring born to influenza A virus infected pregnant mice have increased susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections in early life
oleh: Henning Jacobsen, Kerstin Walendy-Gnirß, Nilgün Tekin-Bubenheim, Nancy Mounogou Kouassi, Isabel Ben-Batalla, Nikolaus Berenbrok, Martin Wolff, Vinicius Pinho dos Reis, Martin Zickler, Lucas Scholl, Annette Gries, Hanna Jania, Andreas Kloetgen, Arne Düsedau, Gundula Pilnitz-Stolze, Aicha Jeridi, Ali Önder Yildirim, Helmut Fuchs, Valerie Gailus-Durner, Claudia Stoeger, Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Tatjana Manuylova, Karin Klingel, Fiona J. Culley, Jochen Behrends, Sonja Loges, Bianca Schneider, Susanne Krauss-Etschmann, Peter Openshaw, Gülsah Gabriel
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01 |
Deskripsi
Influenza infection during pregnancy can affect health of offspring but it is not clear how this affects immune responses. Here the authors use a mouse model to show that influenza infection during pregnancy can increase susceptibility to secondary infection and alter immune cell function in offspring.