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Overview

Petra C. Arck is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable contributions to subfields including Immunology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, reflecting a focus on reproductive health and related immunological aspects. These topics include:

  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact

Petra C. Arck has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Journal of Reproductive Immunology (38 publications)
  • Seminars in Immunopathology (8 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (6 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (6 publications)
  • Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde (5 publications)

Their recent papers illustrate the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of their research. Notable recent works include:

  • Pathogenesis of preterm birth: bidirectional inflammation in mother and fetus (2020, Seminars in Immunopathology)
  • Vertically Transferred Immunity in Neonates: Mothers, Mechanisms and Mediators (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Steroids, Pregnancy and Fetal Development (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • IL-10 dampens antitumor immunity and promotes liver metastasis via PD-L1 induction (2023, Journal of Hepatology)
  • Multiomic immune clockworks of pregnancy (2020, Seminars in Immunopathology)

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Anke Diemert, Kristin Thiele, Dimitra E. Zazara, Christopher Urbschat, and Kurt Hecher, reflecting a network of research partnerships across related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Fetomaternal immune cross-talk and its consequences for maternal and offspring's health.

    Petra C Arck;Kurt Hecher

  • The Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) reconsidered: validation and reference values from different clinical and healthy adult samples.

    Herbert Fliege;Matthias Rose;Petra Arck;Otto B Walter

  • Social support during pregnancy: effects on maternal depressive symptoms, smoking and pregnancy outcome

    S. Elsenbruch;S. Benson;M. Rücke;M. Rose

  • A pivotal role for galectin-1 in fetomaternal tolerance

    Sandra M Blois;Juan M Ilarregui;Mareike Tometten;Mariana Garcia

  • Neuroimmunology of Stress: Skin Takes Center Stage

    Petra C. Arck;Andrzej Slominski;Theoharis C. Theoharides;Eva M.J. Peters

  • Cytokine-dependent abortion in CBA x DBA/2 mice is mediated by the procoagulant fgl2 prothrombinase [correction of prothombinase]

    David A. Clark;Gerard Chaouat;Petra C. Arck;Hans Willi Mittruecker

  • Neuroimmunoendocrine circuitry of the 'brain-skin connection'.

    Ralf Paus;Theoharis C. Theoharides;Petra Clara Arck

  • Progesterone During Pregnancy: Endocrine–Immune Cross Talk in Mammalian Species and the Role of Stress

    Petra Arck;Peter J. Hansen;Biserka Mulac Jericevic;Marie Pierre Piccinni

  • Low vagal tone is associated with impaired post stress recovery of cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune markers

    Cora Stefanie Weber;Julian F. Thayer;Julian F. Thayer;Miriam Rudat;Petra H. Wirtz

  • Early risk factors for miscarriage: a prospective cohort study in pregnant women

    Petra C Arck;Mirjam Rücke;Matthias Rose;Julia Szekeres-Bartho

  • Validierung des “Perceived Stress Questionnaire“ (PSQ) an einer deutschen Stichprobe

    Herbert Fliege;Matthias Rose;Petra Arck;Susan Levenstein

  • Burden of Hair Loss: Stress and the Underestimated Psychosocial Impact of Telogen Effluvium and Androgenetic Alopecia

    Ina M. Hadshiew;Kerstin Foitzik;Petra C. Arck;Ralf Paus

  • Towards a “free radical theory of graying”: melanocyte apoptosis in the aging human hair follicle is an indicator of oxidative stress induced tissue damage

    Petra Clara Arck;Rupert Overall;Katharina Spatz;Christiane Liezman

  • Stress Inhibits Hair Growth in Mice by Induction of Premature Catagen Development and Deleterious Perifollicular Inflammatory Events via Neuropeptide Substance P-Dependent Pathways

    Petra Clara Arck;Bori Handjiski;Eva Milena J. Peters;Anita S. Peter

  • Why did your mother reject you? Immunogenetic determinants of the response to environmental selective pressure expressed at the uterine level.

    David A. Clark;Petra C. Arck;Gerard Chaouat

  • Influenza Infection Leads to Increased Susceptibility to Subsequent Bacterial Superinfection by Impairing NK Cell Responses in the Lung

    Cherrie-Lee Small;Christopher R. Shaler;Sarah McCormick;Mangalakumari Jeyanathan

  • Dendritic Cells: Key to Fetal Tolerance?

    Sandra M Blois;Sandra M Blois;Ulrike Kammerer;Catalina Alba Soto;Mareike C Tometten

  • Immunological implications of pregnancy-induced microchimerism

    Jeremy M. Kinder;Ina A. Stelzer;Petra C. Arck;Sing Sing Way

  • Lineage, Maturity, and Phenotype of Uterine Murine Dendritic Cells Throughout Gestation Indicate a Protective Role in Maintaining Pregnancy

    Sandra M. Blois;Sandra M. Blois;Catalina D. Alba Soto;Mareike Tometten;Burghard F. Klapp

  • Obesity, depression, and chronic low-grade inflammation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

    S. Benson;O.E. Janssen;S. Hahn;S. Tan

  • Depletion of CD8+ Cells Abolishes the Pregnancy Protective Effect of Progesterone Substitution with Dydrogesterone in Mice by Altering the Th1/Th2 Cytokine Profile

    Sandra M. Blois;Ricarda Joachim;Judith Kandil;Ricardo Margni

Frequent Co-Authors

Burghard F. Klapp
Burghard F. Klapp Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ralf Paus
Ralf Paus University of Miami
David A. Clark
David A. Clark McMaster University
Ana Claudia Zenclussen
Ana Claudia Zenclussen Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Gérard Chaouat
Gérard Chaouat Grenoble Alpes University
Hans-Willi Mittrücker
Hans-Willi Mittrücker Universität Hamburg
Julia Szekeres-Bartho
Julia Szekeres-Bartho University of Pecs
Sigrid Elsenbruch
Sigrid Elsenbruch Ruhr University Bochum
Matthias Rose
Matthias Rose Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Manfred Schedlowski
Manfred Schedlowski University of Duisburg-Essen

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