Elevated ACE2 and inflammation levels increase risk for pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2
Among the hundred million or so cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that have occurred since the pandemic began, pregnant women have been a conspicuous risk group. However, the exact nature of the risk they and their fetuses face, and the mechanism by which it operates, is far from clear. A new preprint research paper posted to the
medRxiv server throws some light on this area by revealing the presence of significant inflammation at the maternal-fetal interface.
Study: SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface. Image Credit: Natalia Grevtsova / Shutterstock