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Commonalities in the mechanisms through which different perinatal insults could lead to development of adult disorders. Different perinatal insults (disease states, environment, and lifestyle choices) by altering the epigenome/metabolome/microbiome, inflammatory/oxidative stress mechanisms, or endocrine signals have the potential to alter the fetal developmental trajectory culminating in adult disorders and may also serve as early biomarkers of future disease states.
