Metabolomics and human breast milk A unique and inimitable food for infants Flamina Cesare Marincola, Sara Corbu, Roberta Pintus, Angelica Dessì, and Vassilios Fanos Human breast milk (HBM) is recognized to…
Metabolomics in amniotic fluid Alexandra-Maria Michaelidou, Foteini Tsakoumaki, Maria Fotiou, Charikleia Kyrkou, and Apostolos P. Athanasiadis Introduction Amniotic fluid (AF) is a complex and dynamic milieu that surrounds the fetus…
Maternal genome and pregnancy outcomes Nagendra K. Monangi, Ge Zhang, Mikko Hallman, Kari Teramo, Bo Jacobsson, and Louis J. Muglia Introduction A wide variety of maternal physical and physiological traits and…
Great obstetrical syndromes It’s all in the placenta Martin Gauster and Gernot Desoye Introduction The term “great obstetrical syndromes” was coined about a decade ago (1). It describes conditions that…
Integrated system biology approaches to fetal medicine problems Jezid Miranda, Fátima Crispi, and Eduard Gratacós Introduction Pregnancy is a physiological state that demands intricate and timely hormonal, immunological, metabolic, and…
The mother Adaptation to pregnancy and normal metabolism Francesca Parisi, Alice Zavatta, Roberta Milazzo, and Irene Cetin Introduction During pregnancy, several maternal anatomical and physiological changes occur in order to ensure…
