Hofbauer Cells in Pregnancies Complicated by Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Pathological Fetal Growth
HBCs abundance is reduced in GDM placentae independently of fetal growth or sex, whilst HBC phenotype is preserved. Reduced HBC abundance may contribute to placental vascular alterations that are characteristic of GDM.
Authors
- Karen Forbes
- Georgia Fakonti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-1882)
- Nicolas M. Orsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0890-0399)
- Georgia Mappa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4959-294X)
- Beth Holder
- Eleanor M. Scott
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- St James's University Hospital (GB)
- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/aji.70216
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 41.10
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- University of Leeds
- Medical Research Council