2016
Zika virus infection of Hofbauer cells
Simoni MK, Jurado KA, Abrahams VM, Fikrig E, Guller S. Zika virus infection of Hofbauer cells. American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology 2016, 77 PMID: 27966815, PMCID: PMC5299062, DOI: 10.1111/aji.12613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital Zika syndromeHofbauer cellsZika virusZIKV infectionDevelopment of CZSDengue virusSpread of ZIKVVertical transmissionFetal placental macrophagesPlacental Hofbauer cellsZika virus infectionAntenatal infectionNeonatal outcomesPlacental responsesZika syndromeVirus infectionCurrent evidenceCongenital abnormalitiesRecent studiesNeonatal developmentFetal capillariesRelated flavivirusesInfectionSpecific molecular mechanismsCertain viruses
2010
Focal Increases of Fetal Macrophages in Placentas from Pregnancies with Histological Chorioamnionitis: Potential Role of Fibroblast Monocyte Chemotactic Protein‐1
Toti P, Arcuri F, Tang Z, Schatz F, Zambrano E, Mor G, Niven‐Fairchild T, Abrahams VM, Krikun G, Lockwood CJ, Guller S. Focal Increases of Fetal Macrophages in Placentas from Pregnancies with Histological Chorioamnionitis: Potential Role of Fibroblast Monocyte Chemotactic Protein‐1. American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology 2010, 65: 470-479. PMID: 21087336, PMCID: PMC3071455, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00927.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistopathological chorioamnionitisMCP-1 mRNAFocal increaseMonocyte chemotactic protein-1Subset of pregnanciesAdverse neonatal outcomesProtein expressionPro-inflammatory cytokinesMaternal-fetal interfaceChemotactic protein-1MCP-1 expressionTerm placental villiHistological chorioamnionitisNeonatal outcomesCytokine cascadeIL-1βInflammatory cytokinesQuantitative real-time PCRFetal monocytesReal-time PCRHuman term placental villiPlacental villiControl groupBacterial productsTreatment of fibroblasts