Effects of Stressors During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding on the Child: Molecular Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Developing organisms are sensitive to many undesirable prepartum and postpartum factors, including xenobiotics transferred from mother to child. To ensure the healthy development of offspring, we must be able to identify and counteract such factors. With this in mind, we encourage submissions of original research papers and reviews on the following topics:

-    The quantification of the molecular  mechanisms behind the mother-to-child transfer of xenobiotics during pregnancy and breastfeeding;
-    Effects of drugs and environmental contaminants on the fetus—the molecular mechanisms behind related health pathologies;
-    Maternal drug use and misuse during breastfeeding—instant and distant effects on the child’s health;
-    Interactions of xenobiotics with enzymes and transporters in the placenta;
-    Chemicals’ passage through the immature skin and across the blood–brain barrier;
-    Protective mechanisms of the immature central nervous system;
-    Molecular determinants of chemicals’ teratogenic activity.

Prof. Anna Weronika Sobańska
Guest Editor

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