In 1893, Georg Schmorl, a pathologist at the University of Leipzig, made an astonishing discovery during his studies of eclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy. At the time, eclampsia was one ...

This review centers on the maternal–fetal interface and focuses on the role of macrophages throughout the course of pregnancy. First, pregnancy is presented as a finely balanced immunological process: ...

Labor and delivery are complicated biological processes that require careful coordination of multiple signaling pathways. In fact, some studies suggest that preterm births can occur when cross-talk ...

In early-onset severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), transplacental transfer of maternal antierythrocyte IgG alloantibodies causes fetal anemia that leads to the use of high-risk ...

In a cohort study published in the journal Nature, researchers investigated the potential association of growth/differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), a fetal hormone, with nausea and vomiting in ...

Methods 10 healthy pregnant (26.4±3.2 weeks gestation) and 10 healthy non-pregnant individuals were recruited (34.8±6 and 33.5±2.9 years, respectively). At least 48 hours after baseline strength ...