Maternal–fetal cell exchange during pregnancy results in acquisition of microchimerism, which can durably persist in both recipients. Naturally acquired microchimerism may impact maternal ...

Article Published: November 1999 The functional relevance of passenger leukocytes and microchimerism for heart allograft acceptance in the rat Saiho Ko, Andrea Deiwick, Mark D. Jäger, Astrid ...

“From an evolutionary perspective,” she continued, “we propose the transfer of maternal (and possibly deeper generational) cells is important for offspring reproductive success. The co-evolution of ...

Fetal microchimerism and maternal health: A review and evolutionary analysis of cooperation and conflict beyond the womb. BioEssays, 2015; DOI: 10.1002/bies.201500059 ...

While microchimerism rates from parent to child sit at around 30 percent, cases of fetal-maternal microchimerism are almost double that figure, between 50 and 75 percent.

Microchimerism (pronounced "mike-ro-KY-mer-is-um") is when "there are cells that aren't yours that are existing in your body," says Melissa Wilson, an associate professor of genetics at Arizona ...

An emerging field of research seeks to document the way that children shape their mothers' bodies and behavior. "Maternal programming," it appears, starts in pregnancy and lasts a lifetime.

Fetal microchimerism has been detected in women’s thyroids, lungs, skin, and other organs. Nelson wondered if fetal cells can pass the mother’s blood-brain barrier and wander into the brain, and if so ...

Microchimerism (pronounced "mike-ro-KY-mer-is-um") is when "there are cells that aren't yours that are existing in your body," says Melissa Wilson, an associate professor of genetics at Arizona ...