Category: Development

Airborne Particulate Matter-Associated Alteration miRNA Composition in Breast Milk and the Placenta Are Implicated in Child Neurodevelopmental Delays

July 22, 2025 Michelle T Nguyen
Michelle T. Nguyen Background: For Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), genetics and environmental toxins, like pollutants, can increase risk for these altered neurodevelopmental conditions.2,3 There is emerging evidence is that particulate matter (PM), part of air pollutants, induces expression changes of miRNA that, in turn, are associated with ASD. There is…
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MicroRNAs in Neural Crest Cell Development and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

May 29, 2024 Dillon Byerley
Dillon Byerley Background: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) encompass a wide variety of clinical manifestations, all which are a result of varying levels of fetal alcohol exposure in utero. Some of these manifestations include disruption of neurological development, facial abnormalities, brain abnormalities, skeletal abnormalities and even some behavioral abnormalities such…
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Cord Blood Lymphatic Endothelial Progenitor Cells Exposed to Preeclampsia in Utero Prime Individuals to Form an Abnormal Lymphatic System After Birth

June 22, 2023 Samantha Pozo Navarro
Samantha Pozo Navarro Background: Preeclampsia is a complex, new-onset hypertensive disorder that affects 3-8% of all pregnancies worldwide.1 In this case, hypertension is defined when the mother’s systolic blood pressure is greater than or equal to 140 mmHg and/or her diastolic blood pressure is greater than or equal to 90…
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Mutations of the NOTCH1 Signaling Pathway Constitute Congenital Cardiac Anomalies in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot

June 22, 2023 My Lai
My Lai Background: Tetralogy of Fallot is the one of the most common cyanotic congenital heart diseases, affecting 3 out of 10,000 infants yearly.1 Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) features 4 significant hallmarks, including ventricular septal defect (VSD), aorta overriding VSD, pulmonary stenosis, and right ventricular hypertrophy. 2,3 Current successful treatment…
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HLA-G: Immune Regulation in Pregnancy and a Potential Role in Preeclampsia

June 22, 2023 Phuong-Lan Vo
Phuong-Lan Vo Background: Preeclampsia effects anywhere from 1-10% of pregnant women worldwide and ~4% of pregnancies in the United States.1 Severe preeclampsia is also linked with placental abruption, pre-mature labor, liver failure, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal death.2 Preeclampsia pathophysiology can be characterized first by impaired invasion of the trophoblast…
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