| 2′-FL | 2-fucosyllactose |
| 3′-FL | 3-fucosyllactose |
| 3′-SL | 3-sialyllactose |
| 6′-SL | 6-sialyllactose |
| BAX | Bcl-2-associated X protein |
| bFGF | basic fibroblast growth factor |
| CHD | congenital heart disease |
| DCDA | dichorionic diamniotic |
| DSS | dextran sulfate sodium |
| EGF | epidermal growth factor |
| eNOS | endothelial NO synthase |
| ET-1 | endothelin-1 |
| FGFR2 | fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 |
| F-Tr | GDP-fucose transporter |
| Fuc | fucose |
| FUK | fucokinase |
| FUT1 | fucosyltransferase 1 |
| FUT2 | fucosyltransferase 2 |
| FUT7 | fucosyltransferase VII |
| FX | GDP-4-keto-6-deoxymannose 3,5- epimerase- 4-reductase |
| GA | gestational age |
| GDM | gestational diabetes mellitus |
| GFPP | GDP-β-l-fucose pyrophosphorylase |
| GL | genus level |
| GlcNAc | N-acetyl-glucosamine |
| GLUT1 | glucose transporter 1 |
| GMD | GDP-d-mannose-4,6-dehydratase |
| HIF | factors induced by hypoxia |
| HMO | human milk oligosaccharides |
| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
| IL-1β | interleukin-1β |
| IUGR | intrauterine growth retardation |
| Ley | Lewis Y |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MCDA | monochorionic diamniotic twins |
| MUC1 | mucin 1 |
| MUC2 | mucin-2 |
| MUC5AC | mucin-5AC |
| NEC | necrotizing enterocolitis |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa B |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| OTUs | operational taxonomic units |
| PAF | platelet-activating factor |
| PAI-1 | plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 |
| PDA | persistent ductus arteriosus |
| PE | pre-eclampsia |
| PHD3 | HIF-prolyl hydroxylase 3 |
| PI-CST | preterm community state types |
| PIGF | placental growth factor |
| PIH | pregnancy-induced hypertension |
| PL | phylum level |
| POFUT | protein O-fucosyltransferase |
| RIC | remote ischemic conditioning |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SCFAs | short-chain fatty acids |
| SCT | syncytiotrophoblast |
| sEng | soluble endoglin |
| sFlt-1 | soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 |
| SIRT1 | sirtuin 1 |
| SL | species level |
| ST6GAL1 | beta-galactosamide-alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 1 |
| TFF2 | trefoil factor 2 |
| TFF3 | trefoil factor 3 |
| TGF-β1 | transforming growth factor beta 1 |
| TLR4 | toll-like receptor 4 |
| TMAO | trimethylamine-N-oxide |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TSR | thrombospondin--type 1 repeats |
| UDP-galactose | uridine diphosphate galactose |
| UGT1 | uridine diphosphate glucuronosyl transferase |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR | vascular endothelial growth factor receptor |
| VLBW | very low birth weight |
| WAZ | weight-for-age z-score |
| ZO-1 | zonula occludens-1 |
| α1,6-Fuc | α-1,6-fucosyltransferase |