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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Disruption of Placental Immune Privilege by Complications of Pregnancy: Consequences for Maternal and Child Health.

Wendy Kisaí Mixtega-Ruiz, Mariela Contreras Escamilla, Rosalba Sevilla-Montoya, Andrea Olmos-Ortiz, Verónica Zaga-Clavellina, Diana Catalina Castro-Rodríguez

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Wendy Kisaí Mixtega-RuizDoctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta, Tlaxcala C.P. 90070, Mexico.
Mariela Contreras EscamillaDepartamento de Investigación y Bioterio, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City C.P. 14080, Mexico.
Rosalba Sevilla-MontoyaCoordinación de Genética y Genómica Humana Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Mexico City C.P. 11000, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-5658-4661
Andrea Olmos-OrtizDepartamento de Inmunobioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Mexico City C.P. 11000, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-5456-9695
Verónica Zaga-ClavellinaDirección de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Mexico City C.P. 11000, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-3365-2932
Diana Catalina Castro-RodríguezDepartamento de Inmunobioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, Mexico City C.P. 11000, Mexico.

Funding

National Institute of Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes INPer 2021-1-9
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maternal chronic conditions, including obesity, diabetes, hypertensive disorders, and autoimmune diseases, promote a systemic proinflammatory environment characterized by oxidative stress and chronic inflammation. These alterations lead to reduced expressions of human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), decreased regulatory T (Treg)cell activity, and increased T helper (Th)1/Th17 responses, disrupting placental immune privilege and resulting in increased production of proinflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress, trophoblastic dysfunction, and placental senescence. This change in immune privilege contributes to fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, congenital anomalies, and long-term cardiometabolic programming in offspring. Understanding the mechanisms underlying placental immune dysregulation may facilitate the development of targeted therapeutic strategies aimed at restoring immune tolerance and reducing inflammatory and hypoxic signaling pathways to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. This review summarizes the current state of the field of placental immunological privilege and how maternal chronic conditions like obesity, diabetes, hypertensive disorders, and autoimmune diseases can disrupt it and its possible consequences on the progeny.

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Immune PrivilegePlacentaPregnancy ComplicationsAnimalsChild HealthDevelopmental Origins of Health and DiseaseFemaleHumansPregnancyimmune privilegematernal chronic conditionsoffspringplacental

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PMID42942017
PMCPMC13705417

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