{"title":"Mamma MIA! Decidual NK cells involved in fetal neurodevelopment","authors":"Norman Shreeve, Francesco Colucci","doi":"10.1016/j.immuni.2025.05.010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Maternal immune activation (MIA) can cause neurodevelopmental disorders, but the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. In this issue of <em>Immunity</em>, Bian et al. show that MIA triggers decidual NK cells to secrete granzyme B, which crosses the placenta and disturbs microglial homeostasis in the fetal brain, leading to abnormal neurodevelopment.","PeriodicalId":13269,"journal":{"name":"Immunity","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":25.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Immunity","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2025.05.010","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Maternal immune activation (MIA) can cause neurodevelopmental disorders, but the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. In this issue of Immunity, Bian et al. show that MIA triggers decidual NK cells to secrete granzyme B, which crosses the placenta and disturbs microglial homeostasis in the fetal brain, leading to abnormal neurodevelopment.
期刊介绍:
Immunity is a publication that focuses on publishing significant advancements in research related to immunology. We encourage the submission of studies that offer groundbreaking immunological discoveries, whether at the molecular, cellular, or whole organism level. Topics of interest encompass a wide range, such as cancer, infectious diseases, neuroimmunology, autoimmune diseases, allergies, mucosal immunity, metabolic diseases, and homeostasis.