Nutritional Intervention and Environmental Contributors During Pregnancy: Key Role of Micronutrients and Their Interplay with Immune System in Maternal and Fetal Outcomes
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition in Women".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 December 2024) | Viewed by 293
Special Issue Editors
Interests: obstetric and gynaecology; immune system in pregnancy; pregnancy failure; autoimmune diseases
Interests: environmental and biological exposure; biomonitoring; biomarkers of oxidative stress; behaviour and population health outcomes
Interests: complement system in allergology and rheumatology; immune system in pregnancy; rare autoimmune diseases
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Dear Colleagues,
Environmental contributors to reproductive health begin in utero, including social, physical, and nutritional environments. Each of these factors interact with the others and with intrinsic biological factors to influence individual and population health outcomes. Of growing importance for patient health is the exposure of pregnant women to “endocrine disrupting chemicals”, which may lead to having effects on the health of the adult and possibly future generations.
Maternal diet has been documented to play a key role in pregnancy and fetal outcomes, since micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) and endocrine disrupting chemicals are associated with the risk of developing pregnancy disorders.
This Special Issue aims to examine immunoendocrine regulation within the context of pregnancy-related inflammatory status. Studies are invited to focus on the inflammatory mechanisms that can affect MNDs in women and the dietary choice and/or eating behaviors that contribute to nutritional status in pregnant and/or fertile autoimmune women. Random clinical trials, narrative reviews, systematic reviews with and without meta-analyses, and commentaries are welcome to be submmited to this Special Issue. Relevant topics include the effects of immunedysregulation in MNDs in pregnant and/or fertile women with autoimmunity with poor outcome and/or recurrent reproductive failure, and the analysis of novel inflammatory and/or immune biomarkers that could be useful to predict nutritional status in fertile and/or pregnant women with autoimmunity. However, other relevant topics that provide new and innovative data, discussions, and/or highlight challenges are also welcome to be submitted.
Prof. Dr. Caterina De Carolis
Dr. Giovanna Tranfo
Dr. Paola Triggianese
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- autoimmunity
- antiphospholipid
- behaviour
- biomonitoring
- complement system
- cobalamine
- diet
- folate
- inflammation
- iron
- obesity
- pregnancy
- reproductive failure
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