Evgeniya (Zhenya) Shmeleva and Francesco Colucci sum up the knowns of natural killer cells and infections during pregnancy in their paper published today in the Mucosal Immunology journal – the official publication of the Society for Mucosal Immunology. Shmeleva EV, Colucci F. Maternal natural killer cells at the intersection between reproduction and mucosal immunity. Mucosal […]
Archives for April 2021
Slowing of fetal growth and elevated maternal serum sFLT1:PlGF are associated with early term spontaneous labor
A study led by Ulla Sovio and Gordon Smith at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, published in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, identified new biomarkers predictive of early term spontaneous labour. The team performed a secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Outcome Prediction study. They found that slowing of fetal growth velocity detected […]
The CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptor educates uterine NK cells to optimize pregnancy outcomes in humans and mice
The uterus of mammalian species (including humans and model organisms such as mice) contains many immune cells that are critical for a successful pregnancy. In a new paper published in the journal Immunity, Norman Shreeve and colleagues from Francesco Colucci’s group at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, together with their collaborators, studied the role […]
HOD Professor Gordon Smith new Sands Ambassador
We are delighted to share that our Head of Department, Professor Gordon Smith has taken on the role of Ambassador for Sands (Stillbirth and neonatal death charity) to help drive the charity’s ground-breaking work to save babies’ lives. His internationally recognised research is looking for better ways to predict problems in pregnancy so babies and mothers […]
Early Researchers Seminar Series
Dr Irving Aye is delighted to be hosting the Cambridge Reproduction SRI Early Researchers Seminar Series taking place Thursday 8 April 2021 at 1pm. Presentations: High dimensional analysis of human placental macrophages and the identification of novel emerging populations during pregnancy Anna Appios (Pathology) Changes in placental mitochondrial function are associated with fetal weight variation […]