An innate view of human pregnancy

Presence of fetal DNA in maternal plasma and serum

Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Noemi Corbetta, P. Chamberlain et al. · The Lancet · 1997 · 3.1K citations

Medicine, Maternal Health, Obstetrics +9

Male fetal progenitor cells persist in maternal blood for as long as 27 years postpartum.

Diana W. Bianchi, GretchenK. Zickwolf, Gary J. Weil et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 1.3K citations

Medicine, Genetics, Obstetrics +8

Normal pregnancy and preeclampsia both produce inflammatory changes in peripheral blood leukocytes akin to those of sepsis

Gavin Sacks, K. Studená, Ian L. Sargent et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1998 · 839 citations

Medicine, Immunology, Obstetrics +16

Progesterone favors the development of human T helper cells producing Th2-type cytokines and promotes both IL-4 production and membrane CD30 expression in established Th1 cell clones

Marie‐Pierre Piccinni, M G Giudizi, R Biagiotti et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1995 · 742 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Immunology +15

Characterization of type 1 and type 2 cytokine production profile in physiologic and pathologic human pregnancy

Matteo Marzi, Daria Trabattoni, Maria Luisa Villa et al. · Clinical & Experimental Immunology · 1996 · 617 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Obstetrics +16