Amniotic fluid antiphospholipid antibodies: potential role in antiphospholipid syndrome-independent aberrant implantation process.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of aPL in the AF (not related to APS) could reveal a potential clinical significance at maternal-fetal interface in selected pregnancy complications, in which an aberrant implantation process, and in turn an impaired fetal-maternal immune tolerance cross-talk, could occur.
PMID: 31615575 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Reproductive Biology - October 14, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Bruno V, Nuccetelli M, Ticconi C, Bruno A, Martelli F, Capogna MV, Bernardini S, Piccione E, Pietropolli A Tags: Reprod Biol Endocrinol Source Type: research