Microchimerism: Sharing Genes in Illness and in Health.
Microchimerism of fetal as well as maternal origin has recently been reported in the mouse brain. In this study, we quantified male DNA in the human female brain as a marker for microchimerism of fetal origin (i.e. acquisition of male DNA by a woman while bearing a male fetus). Targeting the Y-chromosome-specific DYS14 gene, we performed real-time quantitative PCR in autopsied brain from women.
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, how long they may persist there. To answer that, the researchers examined autopsy samples from 59 women who died between the ages of 32 and 101. They obtained tissue samples from the.
Can Microchimerism Find Itself a Place in Psychiatric Research? Bulent Demirbek,Erdal Yurt. Keywords: microchimerism, postpartum depression, stem cells, neurobiology, autoimmunity, psychosis. Full-Text Cite this paper Add to My Lib. Abstract: Microchimerism is the existence of small amount of cells or DNA of one individual within another individual. The most common reason for this.
The parts of the paper I have access too don't say much about transferring those male microchimerism to a child, however here is a paper indicating microchimerism and occur naturally. Bi-directional transplacental trafficking occurs routinely during the course of normal pregnancy, from fetus to mother and from mother to fetus.
Can Microchimerism Find Itself a Place in Psychiatric Research? By Bulent Demirbek and Erdal Yurt. Abstract. Microchimerism is the existence of small amount of cells or DNA of one individual within another individual. The most common reason for this condition is pregnancy. Even after normal pregnancies, cells that belong to the fetus can be found in the mother and maternal cells can be found.
The You in Me Cells of a sibling, child, or possibly even a long-forgotten lover may persist in our bodies for decades, yet little is known about the role such genetic interlopers play. Research.
Standardizing research methods and the consideration of pregnancy histories in detail is of key significance for enabling familiarity with the issue of microchimerism. The vast array of methods used in detecting microchimerism constitutes one of the reasons for discrepancies between the results presented in the literature ( 5 ).