The presence within one individual of a small population of cells from another genetically distinct individual is referred to as microchimerism. Naturally acquired microchimerism has recently been ...

Zoom out: Scientists still don't fully understand why fetal microchimerism occurs, but we do know that… Fetal cells could lead to both autoimmune benefits and concerns for the mother. And the presence ...

The phenomenon is called “fetal microchimerism”—“micro,” because these are typically teeny numbers of cells, only a handful per millimeter of blood in pregnant women, and fewer in moms ...

But in the late twentieth century, challenges began to emerge. The recognition that innate immunity is not merely non-specific but is guided by pattern recognition and danger signals; the ...

That's according to Amy Boddy, an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara who studies microchimerism — when "a small amount of genetically different cells or DNA is in someone's body," as she ...

Women who have been pregnant carry their baby's cells in their bloodstream for years after the pregnancy ends – even in cases of miscarriage – a circumstance called microchimerism. In normal women, ...

这篇综述深入探讨了嵌合现象（Chimerism）在实体器官移植（SOT）中诱导免疫耐受的机制与应用前景。文章系统回顾了从啮齿类 ...