Nilufar R Gashimova, Liudmila L Pankratyeva, Victoria O Bitsadze, Jamilya Kh Khizroeva, Maria V Tretyakova, Kristina N Grigoreva, Valentina I Tsibizova, Jean-Christophe Gris, Natalia D Degtyareva, Fidan E Yakubova, Alexander D Makatsariya
Background : Contracting COVID-19 during pregnancy can harm both the mother and the unborn child. Pregnant women are highly likely to develop respiratory viral infection complications with critical conditions caused by physiological changes in the immune and cardiopulmonary systems. Asymptomatic COVID-19 in pregnant women may be accompanied by fetal inflammatory response syndrome, which has adverse consequences for the newborn's life and health. Purpose : To conduct an inflammatory response assessment of the fetus due to the effects of COVID-19 on the mother during pregnancy by determining pro-inflammatory cytokines, cell markers, T regulatory cells, T cell response, evaluation of cardiac function, and thymus size...
June 25, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine