Early life exposure to maternal schistosomiasis can prime transmaternal effects on immune responses to bystander antigens, with studies showing interactions with atopic skin disorders and vaccine efficacy. This thesis examines the effects of chronic maternal schistosomiasis in a murine system, finding dendritic cell alterations in schistosome-primed offspring, sustained into adulthood. These modified DCs serve as a link between altered T cell responsiveness and the multilayered regulatory network of immune processes primed via fetomaternal crosstalk.
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Early life exposure to maternal schistosomiasis can prime transmaternal effects on immune responses to bystander antigens, with studies showing interactions with atopic skin disorders and vaccine efficacy. This thesis examines the effects of chronic maternal schistosomiasis in a murine system, finding dendritic cell alterations in schistosome-primed offspring, sustained into adulthood. These modified DCs serve as a link between altered T cell responsiveness and the multilayered regulatory networ...
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