SARS-CoV-2 Infects Syncytiotrophoblast and Activates Inflammatory Responses in the Placenta
L. B. Argueta, L. A. Lacko, Y. Bram, T. Tada, L. Carrau, T. Zhang, S. Uhl, B. C. Lubor, V. Chandar, C. Gil, W. Zhang, B. Dodson, J. Bastiaans, M. Prabhu, C. M. Salvatore, , H. Stuhlmann
This study investigates SARS-CoV-2 infection in placentas from infected pregnant women, finding that the virus infects syncytiotrophoblast cells and triggers maternal immune cell infiltration.
bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2021Cell Biology