Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes studies highlighting perfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) and their effects on the placenta, pregnancy outcomes, and child health …

The concept of developmental origins of diseases has gained a huge interest in recent years
and is a constantly emerging scientific field. First observations hereof originated from …

Background Maternal overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes (GD) have been
negatively associated with offspring development. Further knowledge regarding metabolic …

The first trimester of pregnancy ranks high in priority when minimizing harmful exposures,
given the wide-ranging types of organogenesis occurring between 4-and 12-weeks' …

Parental genes can influence the phenotype of their offspring through genomic-epigenomic
interactions even without the direct inheritance of specific parental genotypes. Maternal …

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to compare neonatal morbidity and long-term
neurodevelopmental outcome between very preterm infants with placental underperfusion …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by
defective social communication and interaction and restricted, repetitive behavior with a …

Aims/hypothesis It was shown that maternal endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)
deficiency causes fatty liver disease and numerically lower fasting glucose in female wild …

The need to prevent developmental brain disorders has led to an increased interest in
efficient neurotoxicity testing. When an epidemic of microcephaly occurred in Brazil, Zika …

Purpose Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a growing global health concern. Genetic factors play a
pivotal role in the development of diabetes. Therefore, the present work aimed to study the …