Maternal adversity and peripheral proinflammatory cytokine concentrations in pregnancy
Our results suggest ACEs may have an immunosuppressive role in pregnant people. This relationship may be moderated by current social stressors. These results underscore the need for additional research to understand how life course experiences influence health and wellbeing for pregnant people, with implications for their children.
Authors
- Jenna L. Riis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8563-3074)
- Dillon E. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1685-5252)
- Rachel L. Maguire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6421-2545)
- Raquel Hernández
- Sara B. Johnson
- Natalia Sifnugel
Institutions
- North Carolina State University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (US)
- Duke University Hospital (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2026.101195
- Primary Topic
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00