May 2026 – Congratulations to Dr. Gonzalez-Ricon!
Rafa defended his PhD dissertation and is officially DOCTOR Gonzalez-Ricon! We couldn’t be more proud of the second PhD to come out of the Antonson Lab!
Oct 2025 – Recent Mini Review on embryonic border-associated macrophages
Congratulations to first-author Dr. Ashley Otero on her mini review covering the underappreciated roles of embryonic border-associated macrophages (BAMs) in regulating neurodevelopment: Otero A.M., Antonson A.M. (2025) “Ontogeny and colonization of embryonic border-associated macrophages and their role in neurodevelopment” Front Cell Neurosci. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2025.1677414.
Oct 2025 – News story on infection during pregnancy & the importance of anti-fever treatment (e.g., Tylenol)
Dr. Antonson was interviewed about her research. ACES News & Illinois News Bureau “What risks does sickness pose in pregnancy?” https://news.illinois.edu/what-risks-does-sickness-pose-in-pregnancy/
Sept 2025 – Congratulations to Dr. Ashley Otero!
Ashley defended her PhD dissertation and is officially DOCTOR Otero! We couldn’t be more proud of the first PhD to come out of the Antonson Lab!
August 2025 – Congratulations to PhD student Rafa Gonzalez-Ricon on his first primary research publication!
Gonzalez-Ricon R.J., Otero A.M., Chalen I., Savas J.N., Adetunji S., Antonson A.M. (2025) “Influenza A virus infection during pregnancy increases transfer of maternal bloodborne molecules to fetal tissues”. Brain Behav Immun. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106069. PMID: 40780523.
Read the ACES News article here: https://aces.illinois.edu/news/pregnant-mice-severe-flu-harmful-molecules-can-breach-fetal-barriers
June 2024 – Congratulations to PhD student Ashley Otero on her first primary research publication!
Otero A.M., Connolly M.G., Gonzalez-Ricon R.J., Wang S.S., Allen J.M., Antonson A.M. (2024) “Influenza A virus during pregnancy disrupts maternal intestinal immunity and fetal cortical development in a dose- and time-dependent manner”. Mol Psychiatry. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02648-9. PMID: 38961232.
This paper was featured in ACES News (you can find the story here) and in the Springer Nature blog “Behind the Paper” (you can find Ashley’s blog here)!
August 2022 – Congratulations to PhD student Ashley Otero on her first first-author publication!
Our review entitled “At the crux of maternal immune activation: Viruses, microglia, microbes, and IL-17A” was published in Immunological Reviews on Aug 18, 2022!
Find the full open access text here: https://doi.org/10.1111/imr.13125
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