Gestational age-dependent decrease in fetal Hofbauer cells in placentas from pregnancies exposed to wildfire smoke in California.

Emilia Basilio Nida OzarslanSirirak BuarpungTarik Benmarhnia Amy M Padula Joshua F Robinson Stephanie L Gaw

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

Our results suggest that wildfire smoke exposures are associated with decreased presence of fetal Hofbauer cells in first and second trimester placentas, suggesting exposure may lead to impaired placental function via altered presence of fetal Hofbauer cells and changes in immune status.

Keyphrases

induced apoptosis
gestational age
cell cycle arrest
preterm birth
endoplasmic reticulum stress
birth weight
cell proliferation