Pregnancy offers a window of opportunity to program the future health of both mothers and
offspring. During gestation, women experience a series of physical and metabolic …

Vitamin D (VD), a fat-soluble vitamin, has a variety of functions that are important for growth
and development, including regulation of cell differentiation and apoptosis, immune system …

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the deadliest gynecological cancer, and presents a major
clinical challenge due to limited treatment options. Folate receptor alpha (FRα), encoded by …

Introduction Expression of nutrient transporters in the placenta affects fetal growth. This
study reports the protein expression of nutrient transporters in the syncytial membranes …

Studies have shown that the maternal nutrition during critical periods of development not
only influences fetal growth but also plays a significant role in determining the risk of chronic …

Pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and excess gestational weight gain (GWG) can not only
affect perinatal outcomes but also adversely impact long-term materno-fetal cardiometabolic …

妊娠期母体向胎儿输送营养物质只能通过胎盘, 叶酸在胎盘发育和胎儿生长中起着重要的作用,
参与细胞分裂, 胚胎发生和胎儿生长. 胎盘叶酸转运能力是胎儿应用叶酸的限制步骤之一, 因而 …

叶酸是一组水溶性维生素(维生素B9) 的天然存在形式, 作为体内一碳单位转移酶系的辅酶,
为体内甲基化反应和核酸合成提供重要原材料, 其衍生物也是许多一碳单位转移反应的底物 …

Summary Statistics indicate that 64% of pregnant women in the United States ingest at least
one licit drug other than a vitamin or mineral supplement during pregnancy for the treatment …

To the Editor.—I was surprised to read in the report by Macri et al (236: 1251, 1976) that they
were aware of no prospectively prenatally diagnosed cases of open neural tube defects …