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VIRUSES-BASEL
卷 11, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v11050451
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hepatitis E virus; pregnancy; miscarriage; vertical transmission
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31360619, 81660338]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2016ZX310179-3]
- PUMC Youth Fund [2017310038]
- Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan province [2017FA036, 2018FB132]
Worldwide, the Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the main pathogen of acute viral hepatitis, with an extremely high mortality in pregnant women. However, the pathogenesis of HEV infection in pregnant women remains largely unknown. We established an HEV-infected pregnant mice animal model to explore the adverse pregnancy outcomes of HEV infection. Mice were infected with HEV in their early, middle and late stages of pregnancy. HEV RNA was detected in the tissues (liver, spleen, kidney, colon, uterus and placenta) of pregnant mice. HEV antigens were also detected in these tissues of HEV-infected pregnant mice. Miscarriages (7/8, 87.5%) occurred in pregnant mice infected with HEV in the middle of pregnancy. Th1-biased immune status was found in these aborted mice. Vertical transmission was confirmed by HEV replication in the uterus and placenta, as well as in the positive HEV RNA and HEV antigen positive in fetal livers. The successful establishment of HEV infection in pregnant mice is beneficial for further study of HEV pathogenesis, especially the adverse pregnancy outcomes caused by HEV infection.
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