fetal programming

In Utero Epigenetic Programming of the Fetal Genome: A Critical Synthesis of Maternal Nutritional, Environmental and Psychosocial Influences

Stefan Bittmann, Elisabeth Luchter & Elena Moschüring-Alieva · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2026

The fetal epigenome is established during periods of extensive cellular differentiation and may record, buffer or transmit information about the maternal milieu. This critical narrative review evaluates evidence that maternal nutrition and metabolic state, environmental toxicants...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i81410

Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Programming of the Immune System: Epidemiological and Experimental Evidences

Siti Rohaiza Ahmad · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2019

Maternal nutrition will not only affects pregnancy outcomes (such as birth weight) but will also affect the state of the fetus in their adult life in terms of diseases occurrence and also immune system development. Inadequate nutrition particularly will have a negative impact on...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i330103