Maternal Antibodies Enhance or Prevent Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Placenta by Neonatal Fc Receptor-Mediated Transcytosis

How human cytomegalovirus (CMV) reaches the fetus across the placenta is unknown. The major viral cause of congenital disease, CMV infects the uterine-placental interface with varied outcomes depending on the strength of maternal humoral immunity and gestational age. Covering the surface of villi th...

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Main Authors: Maidji, Ekaterina, McDonagh, Susan, Genbacev, Olga, Tabata, Takako, Pereira, Lenore
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Investigative Pathology 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1606573/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16565496
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2353/ajpath.2006.050482
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