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Multiomic immune clockworks of pregnancy
Seminars in Immunopathology
  • Laura S. Peterson, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Ina A. Stelzer, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Amy S. Tsai, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Mohammad S. Ghaemi, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Xiaoyuan Han, University of the Pacific
  • Kazuo Ando, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Virginia D. Winn, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Nadine R. Martinez, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Kevin Contrepois, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Mira N. Moufarrej, Stanford University
  • Stephen Quake, Stanford University
  • David A. Relman, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Michael P. Snyder, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Gary M. Shaw, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • David K. Stevenson, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Ronald J. Wong, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Petra Arck, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
  • Martin S. Angst, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Nima Aghaeepour, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Brice Gaudilliere, Stanford University School of Medicine
Department
Biomedical Sciences
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.1007/s00281-019-00772-1
Publication Date
8-1-2020
Abstract

Preterm birth is the leading cause of mortality in children under the age of five worldwide. Despite major efforts, we still lack the ability to accurately predict and effectively prevent preterm birth. While multiple factors contribute to preterm labor, dysregulations of immunological adaptations required for the maintenance of a healthy pregnancy is at its pathophysiological core. Consequently, a precise understanding of these chronologically paced immune adaptations and of the biological pacemakers that synchronize the pregnancy “immune clock” is a critical first step towards identifying deviations that are hallmarks of peterm birth. Here, we will review key elements of the fetal, placental, and maternal pacemakers that program the immune clock of pregnancy. We will then emphasize multiomic studies that enable a more integrated view of pregnancy-related immune adaptations. Such multiomic assessments can strengthen the biological plausibility of immunological findings and increase the power of biological signatures predictive of preterm birth.

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Citation Information
Laura S. Peterson, Ina A. Stelzer, Amy S. Tsai, Mohammad S. Ghaemi, et al.. "Multiomic immune clockworks of pregnancy" Seminars in Immunopathology Vol. 42 Iss. 4 (2020) p. 397 - 412 ISSN: 1863-2297
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xiaoyuan-han/57/