Timing of in utero malaria exposure influences fetal CD4 T cell regulatory versus effector differentiation.
Mary K PrahlPrasanna JagannathanTara I McIntyreAnn AumaLila FarringtonSamuel WamalaMayimuna NalubegaKenneth MusinguziKate NaluwuEsther SikyomaRachel BudkerHilary VancePamela OdorizziPatience NayebareJohn AtegekaAbel KakuruDiane V HavlirMoses R KamyaGrant DorseyMargaret E FeeneyPublished in: Malaria journal (2016)
Together, these data indicate that in utero exposure to malaria drives expansion of both regulatory and effector T cells in the fetus, and that the timing of this exposure has a pivotal role in determining the polarization of the fetal immune response.