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. 2022 Sep 5;173(4):523–528. doi: 10.1007/s10517-022-05575-3

Mild or Moderate COVID-19 during Pregnancy Does Not Affect the Content of CD34+ Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Umbilical Cord Blood of Newborns

Yu A Romanov 2,3,✉, Yu A Kosolapova 1, V V Zubkov 1, D N Degtyarev 1, A Yu Romanov 1, T N Dugina 2, G T Sukhikh 1
PMCID: PMC9441840  PMID: 36063300

Abstract

The study included umbilical cord blood samples (n=64) intended for cryogenic storage of hematopoietic stem cells and obtained from patients with a history of mild and moderate forms of COVID-19 during pregnancy. The control group was composed of samples (n=746) obtained from healthy women in labor. A comparative analysis of the volume of cord blood collected, the total leukocyte count, the relative and absolute content of cells with the CD34+/CD45+ phenotype revealed no significant differences between the groups.

Key Words: COVID-19, pregnancy, umbilical cord blood, hematopoietic stem cells, CD34

Footnotes

Translated from Kletochnye Tekhnologii v Biologii i Meditsine, No. 2, pp. 78-83, June, 2022

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