Risk and protective environmental factors associated with autism spectrum disorder: evidence-based principles and recommendations

L Emberti Gialloreti, L Mazzone, A Benvenuto… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex condition with early childhood onset,
characterized by a set of common behavioral features. The etiology of ASD is not yet fully …

Folic acid supplementation in pregnancy and implications in health and disease

S Barua, S Kuizon, MA Junaid - Journal of biomedical science, 2014 - Springer
Maternal exposure to dietary factors during pregnancy can influence embryonic
development and may modulate the phenotype of offspring through epigenetic …

Maternal Multivitamin Intake, Plasma Folate and Vitamin B12 Levels and Autism Spectrum Disorder Risk in Offspring

R Raghavan, AW Riley, H Volk… - Paediatric and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background To examine the prospective association between multivitamin supplementation
during pregnancy and biomarker measures of maternal plasma folate and vitamin B12 …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptomic profiling reveals differential cellular response to copper oxide nanoparticles and polystyrene nanoplastics in perfused human placenta

S Chortarea, G Gupta, LA Saarimäki… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing nanoparticulate pollution (eg engineered nanoparticles (NPs) or nanoplastics)
has been shown to pose potential threats to human health. In particular, sensitive …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of maternal folate status for brain development and function of offspring

EFG Naninck, PC Stijger, EM Brouwer-Brolsma - Advances in Nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
The importance of an adequate periconceptional maternal folate status to prevent fetal
neural tube defects has been well demonstrated and resulted in the recommendation for …

Dietary nutrition for neurological disease therapy: Current status and future directions

XY Mao, XX Yin, QW Guan, QX Xia, N Yang… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Adequate food intake and relative abundance of dietary nutrients have undisputed effects on
the brain function. There is now substantial evidence that dietary nutrition aids in the …

Lifestyle, pregnancy and epigenetic effects

S Barua, MA Junaid - Epigenomics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Rapidly growing evidences link maternal lifestyle and prenatal factors with serious health
consequences and diseases later in life. Extensive epidemiological studies have identified a …

Metabolic network rewiring of propionate flux compensates vitamin B12 deficiency in C. elegans

E Watson, V Olin-Sandoval, MJ Hoy, CH Li, T Louisse… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Metabolic network rewiring is the rerouting of metabolism through the use of alternate
enzymes to adjust pathway flux and accomplish specific anabolic or catabolic objectives …

Is high folic acid intake a risk factor for autism?—a review

D Wiens, MC DeSoto - Brain sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Folate is required for metabolic processes and neural development. Insuring its adequate
levels for pregnant women through supplementation of grain-based foods with synthetic folic …

Prenatal influences on temperament development: The role of environmental epigenetics

MA Gartstein, MK Skinner - Development and Psychopathology, 2018 - cambridge.org
This review summarizes current knowledge and outlines future directions relevant to
questions concerning environmental epigenetics and the processes that contribute to …