Chiara Mando

I’m the Responsible of the Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Translational Research G. Pardi, Dept of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences L. Sacco, University of Milan. My research activity of the last 12 years is a translational work aimed at unraveling mechanisms regulating the physiology and pathophysiology of pregnancy. Several factors are involved in fetal growth. Maternal nutrition/lifestyle play a crucial role in modifying intrauterine life, mainly by epigenetic mechanisms regulating both placental and fetal gene expression. The subject of my research is the biomolecular study of oxidative, inflammation and epigenetic modifications in pregnancies at risk (i.e. obese women) or pregnancies with IUGR, preeclampsia and GDM. I also study effects of supplementation before and during pregnancy.