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ArticleDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Immune Response and Serum Biomarker Screening in Pregnant Women with Influenza A Virus Infection: Insight into Susceptibility and Disease Severity.

Suping Zhang, Jiarun Jiang, Rui Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jinghui Sun, Wanting Hong, Likai Qi, Jia Zang, Zeyi Liu, Yu Xia and 2 more

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Article in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Suping ZhangSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.ORCID 0009-0006-2028-5199
Jiarun JiangSchool of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China.ORCID 0009-0008-7822-2216
Rui WangSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.ORCID 0009-0000-7614-0251
Yuanyuan ZhangSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.ORCID 0009-0003-3318-1055
Jinghui SunSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.
Wanting HongSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.ORCID 0009-0003-1051-8786
Likai QiSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3578-3346
Jia ZangSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.
Zeyi LiuInstitue of Respiratory Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
Yu XiaSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1462-6568
Haibing YangSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.ORCID 0009-0004-8385-5377
Liling ChenSuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215131, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2868-741X

Funding

Jiangsu Province Preventive Medicine Research Project Ym2023016NCIRD CDC HHS U01 IP001106United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 6 U01IP001106-01-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeasonal influenza infection poses substantial risks to pregnant women, yet the immunological mechanisms underlying their heightened disease susceptibility remain incompletely characterized.

methodsThis study employed multiparametric immunophenotyping and metabolic profiling to investigate cellular immunity, cytokine dynamics, and serum biomarkers in pregnant women infected with H3N2 across gestational stages. Through integrated flow cytometric analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), multiple cytokine quantification, and LC-MS-based serum metabolomics, we compared immunological parameters, serum cytokines, and metabolites across trimesters in pregnant women infected and not infected with H3N2.

resultsThe results revealed reduced CD4

conclusionsThese results elucidate synergistic pathophysiological axes-immune dysregulation and tryptophan metabolism alteration that potentially drive adverse outcomes. The identified biomarker panel (CD4/CD8 ratio, IL-6, Kyn/Trp ratio) shows potential clinical promise for early risk stratification in high-risk pregnancies with influenza infection.

Indexed as

cytokinesimmune dysfunctioninfluenza A viruspregnant womenTBNK cellsTrp–Kyn pathway

Identifiers

PMID40558593
PMCPMC12192047

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