Metabolism and Effectiveness of Some Immune Cells Change during Pregnancy

Article title: Monocyte immunometabolic reprogramming in human pregnancy: contribution of trophoblast cells

Authors: Fátima Merech, Soledad Gori, Guillermina Calo, Vanesa Hauk, Daniel Paparini, Daiana Rios, Brenda Lara, Luciana Doga, Luciana D'Eramo, Aldo Squassi, Rossana Ramhorst, Rafael J. Argüello, Claudia Pérez Leirós, and Daiana Vota

From the authors: “We found that pregnancy alters monocyte metabolism and function. An increased glucose dependency and enhanced efferocytosis were detected in monocytes from pregnant women at resting states, compared to non-pregnant controls.”

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