Prenatal maternal infection promotes maternal microchimeric cells to alter infection risk in male offspring
Brittany Jimena, Daniel Kazimierczyk, Simon Kazimierczyk, Haley Moya, Eva Shin, Li Li, Parimal G. Korgaonkar, Caryn L. Porter, Brian Seed, Bobby J. Cherayil, Nitya Jain
This study shows that prenatal maternal infection alters maternal microchimeric cells in male offspring, enhancing their protective immunity to unrelated infections.
Frontiers in Immunology · Sep 3, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology