Offspring born to influenza A virus infected pregnant mice have increased susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections in early life

Offspring born to influenza A virus infected pregnant mice have increased susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections in early life

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 offspri...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25220-3

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25220-3

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