Adversity in early life and pregnancy are immunologically distinct from total life adversity: macrophage-associated phenotypes in women exposed to interpersonal violence

Abstract Early childhood and pregnancy are two sensitive periods of heightened immune plasticity, when exposure to adversity may disproportionately increase health risks. However, we need deeper phenotyping to disentangle the impact of adversity during sensitive periods from that across the total li...

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Main Authors: Kirstin Aschbacher, Melissa Hagan, Iris M. Steine, Luisa Rivera, Steve Cole, Alyssa Baccarella, Elissa S. Epel, Alicia Lieberman, Nicole R. Bush
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01498-1