Successful pregnancy is a unique situation requires the maternal immune system to
recognize and tolerate a semi‐identical fetus and allow normal invasion of trophoblast cells …

Preeclampsia affects about 3–8% of all pregnancies. It represents a complex and
multifaceted syndrome with at least several potential pathways leading to the development …

Background: Several epidemiological investigations demonstrated that maternal arsenic
(As) exposure elevated risk of fetal growth restriction (FGR), but the mechanism remains …

Importance Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs), including gestational hypertension
and preeclampsia, are important contributors to maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide …

The placenta is particularly susceptible to inflammation and oxidative stress, leading to
placental vascular dysfunction and placental insufficiency, which is associated with fetal …

Lectin-glycan interactions, in particular those mediated by the galectin family, regulate many
processes required for a successful pregnancy. Over the past decades, increasing evidence …

Objective This study was to evaluate plasma galectin-3 levels from early pregnancy to
delivery and explore the effects of galectin-3 on the function of trophoblast cells under high …

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific cardiovascular disorder, involving significant maternal
endothelial dysfunction. Although inappropriate placentation due to aberrant angiogenesis …

Protein N-linked glycosylation is a structurally diverse post-translational modification that
stores biological information in a larger order of magnitude than other post-translational …

Galectins (Gal) are characterized by their affinity for galactoside structures on
glycoconjugates. This relationship is mediated by carbohydrate recognition domains, which …