Reduced severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 entry factors and enhanced innate immune gene expression in the nasal epithelium of pregnant rats

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Jan;224(1):118-120. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.10.010. Epub 2020 Oct 9.

Authors

Arvind Palanisamy¹, Tusar Giri²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Biomarkers / metabolism
COVID-19 / genetics
COVID-19 / immunology*
COVID-19 / virology
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Genetic Markers
Immunity, Innate / genetics*
Immunity, Innate / immunology
Nasal Mucosa / immunology*
Nasal Mucosa / virology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / genetics
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / immunology*
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
Rats
Receptors, Coronavirus / metabolism*
SARS-CoV-2 / immunology*
SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity
Virus Internalization*

Substances

Biomarkers
Genetic Markers
Receptors, Coronavirus