Maternal obesity is associated with phenotypic alterations in fetal immune cells by single-cell mass cytometry.
Elizabeth Ann L EnningaJin Sung JangBenjamin HurErica L JohnsonMyra J WickJaeyun SungRana ChakrabortyPublished in: American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) (2020)
This study demonstrates an association between maternal obesity and fetal immunity. Our results warrant following long-term immunologic outcomes and associated clinical risks in children born to women with a high pre-pregnancy BMI.
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