Intestinal permeability and peripheral immune cell composition are altered by pregnancy and adiposity at mid- and late-gestation in the mouse

• Tatiane A. Ribeiro ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TAR and JAB are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5687-1110

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• Jessica A. Breznik ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ TAR and JAB are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Katherine M. Kennedy,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1240-9703

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• Erica Yeo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Brianna K. E. Kennelly,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Patrycja A. Jazwiec,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Violet S. Patterson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Christian J. Bellissimo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Fernando F. Anhê,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Jonathan D. Schertzer,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Dawn M. E. Bowdish,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Deborah M. Sloboda

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sloboda@mcmaster.ca

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7410-4756

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