ARE	antioxidant response element
ART	assisted reproductive technologies
ATP	adenosine triphosphate
BMI	Body Mass Index
CHD	congenital heart defects
CMs	cardiomyocytes
CVD	cardiovascular disease
DOHaD	Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
EBs	embryoid bodies
ECC	embryonal carcinoma cells
EZH2	enhancer of zeste homolog 2
eNOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthetase
ESC	embryonic stem cell
FFA	free fatty acids
GDM	gestational diabetes mellitus
HATs	histone acetyltransferases
HDACs	histone deacetylases
hESC-CMs	human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
hESCs	human embryonic stem cells
HFD	high-fat diet
HIFs	hypoxia-inducible factors
HIF1α	hypoxia-inducible factor 1α
hiPSC-CMs	human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
hiPSCs	human induced pluripotent stem cells
HLHS	hypoplastic left heart syndrome
HMOX1	heme oxygenase-1
hPSC	human pluripotent stem cell
hPSC-CMs	human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
ICSI	intracytoplasmic sperm injection
iPSC	induced pluripotent stem cell
IUGR	intra uterine growth restriction
IVF	in vitro fertilisation
JMJD2A	Jumonji Domain Containing 2A
KEAP1	Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LCFA	long-chain fatty acid
mESC	mouse embryonic stem cell
mESC-CMs	mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
miPSC-CMs	mouse induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
NCDs	Non-communicable diseases
NFE2L2/NRF2	Nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 2
NO	nitric oxide
NQO1	NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1
PC	periconceptional
PCR	phosphocreatine
PRC2	polycomb repressive complex 2
PPARs	peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors
PSC-CMs	pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
PSCs	pluripotent stem cells
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SBP	systolic blood pressure
SCs	stem cell
SOD2	superoxide dismutase-2
T1DM	type 1 diabetes mellitus
T2DM	type 2 diabetes mellitus
TGF-β	transforming growth factor-β
WHO	World Health Organization
5hmC	5-hydroxymethylcytosine
5mC	5-methylcytosine