2021
Maternal respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with a robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface
Lu-Culligan A, Chavan AR, Vijayakumar P, Irshaid L, Courchaine EM, Milano KM, Tang Z, Pope SD, Song E, Vogels CBF, Lu-Culligan WJ, Campbell KH, Casanovas-Massana A, Bermejo S, Toothaker JM, Lee HJ, Liu F, Schulz W, Fournier J, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Team Y, Konnikova L, Neugebauer KM, Ring A, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI, Morotti R, Guller S, Kliman HJ, Iwasaki A, Farhadian SF. Maternal respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with a robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface. Med 2021, 2: 591-610.e10. PMID: 33969332, PMCID: PMC8084634, DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionMaternal-fetal interfaceACE2 expressionNatural killerPregnant womenPlacental cellsAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSARS-CoV-2-infected womenTerm placentaSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionCoronavirus 2 infectionPotential immune mechanismsRobust inflammatory responseRobust immune responseCoronavirus disease 2019Detectable viral RNAInterferon-related genesLower ACE2 expressionMajority of placentasPregnancy complicationsPlacental histologyHofbauer cellsEarly pregnancyImmune activation
2018
RNA tales – how embryos read and discard messages from mom
Despic V, Neugebauer KM. RNA tales – how embryos read and discard messages from mom. Journal Of Cell Science 2018, 131: jcs201996. PMID: 29467249, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.201996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZygotic genomePost-transcriptional regulatory pathwaysMaternal mRNA clearanceMaternal mRNA degradationEarly developmentContribution of microRNAsZygotic transitionMRNA clearanceRNA regulationMRNA decayCellular contextHigh-throughput methodZebrafish embryosFemale gametesMaternal mRNAsMolecular playersMRNA degradationRNA modificationsMolecular principlesRegulatory pathwaysGenomeLater stepsMZTSilent genomeEmbryos