ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease2023
Functional consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women, fetoplacental unit, and neonate.
Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Omicron SARS-CoV-2 maternal infection is associated with favorable fetomaternal outcomes and fewer placental vascular malperfusion lesions compared with previous variants.AJOG global reports · 2026Article
- SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first trimester leads to profound immune dysregulation at the maternal-fetal interface despite limited virus detection in placental tissues.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Morphological Changes in the Placenta of Patients with COVID-19 During Pregnancy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of COVID-19 infection on neonatal birth weight and outcomes.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- The impact of acute and prior SARS-CoV-2 infection on maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women: a single-center retrospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Cranial ultrasonographic findings in newborns exposed to SARS-CoV-2: a single-centre cross-sectional analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- CCN1-Mediated Signaling in Placental Villous Tissues after SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Term Pregnant Women: Implications for Dysregulated Angiogenesis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024Article
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- SARS-CoV-2 Footprints in the Placenta: What We Know after Three Years of the Pandemic.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- A New COVID-19 Detection Method Based on CSK/QAM Visible Light Communication and Machine Learning.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Neuroimaging assessment of pediatric cerebral changes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 infection causes COVID-19 disease, characterized by acute respiratory distress syndrome, bilateral pneumonia, and organ failure. The consequences of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection for the pregnant woman, fetus, and neonate are controversial. Thus, it is required to determine whether there is viral and non-viral vertical transmission in COVID-19. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 leads to functional alterations in asymptomatic and symptomatic pregnant women, the fetoplacental unit and the neonate. Several diseases of pregnancy, including COVID-19, affect the fetoplacental function, which causes in utero programming for young and adult diseases. A generalized inflammatory state and a higher risk of infection are seen in pregnant women with COVID-19. Obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension may increase the vulnerability of pregnant women to infection by SARS-CoV-2. Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 show specific mutations that seem to increase the capacity of the virus to infect the pregnant woman, likely due to increasing its interaction via the virus S protein and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptors. This review shows the literature addressing to what extent COVID-19 in pregnancy affects the pregnant woman, fetoplacental unit, and neonate. Prospective studies that are key in managing SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy are discussed.
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