Neutrophils are critical for placental and fetal infection with the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes
Myriam Ripphahn, Nikita Raj, Hellen Cristina Ishikawa-Ankerhold, Zhouyi Rong, Bastian Popper, Bianca Portugal Tavares de Moraes, Xia Li, Ying Chen, Anne Kathrin Lößlein, Lou Martha Wackerbarth, Dominic Adam van den Heuvel, Barbara Schmidinger, Rainer Haas, Udo Jeschke, Sven Kehl, , Markus Sperandio
The paper identifies maternal neutrophils as a survival niche for Listeria monocytogenes, facilitating placental and fetal infection during pregnancy.
bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2026 · PreprintImmunology