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Altered fetal growth patterns, i.e. reduced growth in utero (intrauterine growth restriction, IUGR) are associated with perinatal morbidity as well as adverse consequences in adult life, e.g. cardiovascular disease. A prevailing hypothesis regarding the pathogenesis of reduced growth in utero is the “ischemic model” where abnormal placental bed vascular pathology with reduced nutrient and oxygen d ...

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major hallmark of various neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s diseases or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). However linking mitochondrial dysfunction to the pathogenesis of some of these diseases still needs to be elucidated. Furthermore, in pathologies where this link is already established, the question re ...