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ReviewReproduction & fertility2026

Regulation of the maternal immune system during early bovine pregnancy.

Amber E Thornton, Heloisa M Rutigliano

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Review in Reproduction & fertility, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Amber E ThorntonDepartment of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3444-5838
Heloisa M RutiglianoDepartment of Veterinary Clinical and Life Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2807-5007

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A cow's ability to produce a live calf every year is critical for profitable and sustainable cattle production, but immunological rejection of the embryo, resulting in pregnancy complications or loss, is a significant obstacle. The fundamental role of the immune system is to recognize antigens, or foreign molecules, in the body and induce an inflammatory response against these antigens to protect the host animal. Pregnancy represents an immunological paradox in which the maternal immune system not only tolerates the semi-foreign embryo, which contains paternal antigens, but creates a uterine environment supportive of its survival and development. Immune responses during pregnancy are tightly regulated to balance the need for tolerance of the embryo with the need for protection against pathogens. This literature review explores the regulatory mechanisms used to prevent the maternal immune system from attacking the semi-foreign embryo and describes the consequences of immunological dysregulation during bovine pregnancy.

Indexed as

Immune SystemPregnancy, AnimalAnimalsCattleFemaleImmune ToleranceMaternal-Fetal ExchangePregnancyembryofetal–maternal interfaceimmunological tolerancepregnancyreproductive immunology

Identifiers

PMID42007993
PMCPMC13188830

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