Evaluation of selected parameters of immune response to rubella virus, hepatitis B virus and varicella-zoster virus infections in children born to mothers after kidney or liver transplantation.

Agnieszka Drozdowska-SzymczakMonika Szpotanska-SikorskaNatalia CzaplinskaBeata Borek-DzieciolJoanna Schreiber-ZamoraNatalia Mazanowska Bronislawa Pietrzak Miroslaw WielgosBozena Kociszewska-Najman

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2020)

Prenatal exposure to immunosuppressive therapy does not appear to affect VZV, RuV and HBV antibody levels in children of mothers who have had a kidney or liver transplant. Initially elevated HBSAb levels in newborns of mothers after liver transplantation are not observed in later stages of life.

Keyphrases

hepatitis b virus
immune response
young adults
liver failure
pregnant women
low birth weight
gestational age
dendritic cells
preterm infants
toll like receptor
mesenchymal stem cells
replacement therapy