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ReviewAnnual review of virology2025

Maternal Antibodies to Neurovirulent Pathogens in Fetal Tissues.

Matthew D Slein, Margaret E Ackerman, David A Leib

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Review in Annual review of virology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matthew D SleinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; email: David.a.leib@dartmouth.edu.
Margaret E AckermanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; email: David.a.leib@dartmouth.edu.
David A LeibDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; email: David.a.leib@dartmouth.edu.

Funding

VIral and host mechanisms that tilt the HSV lytic/latent balanceP01AI098681 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KNIPE, DAVID M. · 2013 to 2023
$19.2M
Transferred ImmunityU19AI145825 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI MARCHANT, ARNAUD · 2021 to 2025
$16.0M
VIRAL & HOST FACTORS IN HERPETIC REACTIVATIONR01EY009083 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI David A Leib · 1992 to 2026
$10.3M
IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF MYELOID AND LYMPHOID CELLST32AI007363 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Claudia V Jakubzick · 1990 to 2026
$9.5M
Understanding and optimizing antibody-based interventions against neonatal HSV infectionR01AI176646 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Margaret E Ackerman, David A Leib · 2023 to 2026
$3.1M
Monoclonal antibody therapy for neonatal HSV infectionsR21AI147714 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI LEIB, DAVID A · 2019 to 2020
$451k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY009083NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI098681NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI176646NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI147714NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007363NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI145825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection by neurovirulent pathogens in utero and during the neonatal period can lead to fetal and neonatal mortality as well as neurological morbidity with lifelong consequences. Fortunately, maternal antibodies (Abs) serve as a means to protect humans as their immune system forms and matures. For some of the particularly consequential viral infections of early life, preclinical and clinical evidence demonstrate an unambiguously protective role of maternal Abs; for others, maternal Abs also have the potential to contribute to disease pathology. Here, we discuss how maternal Abs are temporarily inherited and distributed in fetal tissue. We focus on how this transgenerational form of immunity influences mortality and neurological morbidity as a result of herpes simplex virus, human cytomegalovirus, and flavivirus infections in early life.

Indexed as

Antibodies, ViralFetusImmunity, Maternally-AcquiredPregnancy Complications, InfectiousAnimalsCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsFemaleHerpes SimplexHumansPregnancySimplexvirusAntibodies, ViralHCMVHSVmaternal antibodyneonatal infectionsneurovirulent pathogensZika virus

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PMID40249965
PMCPMC12216375

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