Oxidative stress and peripartum outcomes (Review)

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Oxidative stress and peripartum outcomes (Review) Via Experimental and therapeutic medicine Exp Ther Med. 2021 Jul;22(1):771. doi: 10.3892/etm.2021.10203. Epub 2021 May 17. ABSTRACT Pregnancy, labor and childbirth are accompanied by excessive oxidative aggression. The excessive formation of free radicals [reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS), chlorine reactive species (CRS)] causes cellular oxidative damage, which can be scavenged by enzymatic or non-enzymatic antioxidants in normal healthy pregnancy, physiological labor and delivery without any complications. An imbalance between the pro-oxidant and antioxidant factors may lead to oxidative stress, which contributes to the development of many diseases. This oxidative aggression can be a precursor for pathologies in the pregnant woman including eclampsia, miscarriage, preterm labor, and intrauterine growth retardation; in the offspring it may lead to bronchopulmonary dysplasia/chronic lung disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, retinopathy of prematurit y, and periventricular leukomalacia. This review summarizes the studies conducted to identify the mechanisms of oxidative stress and the effect of cell membrane oxidation, the mechanisms that are behind oxidative stress-related diseases, and also those studies which have demonstrated the effect of antioxidants in preventing diseases or diminishing the effects of oxidative stress in the body, in obstetrics and neonatology. PMID:34055070 | PMC:PMC814 5513 | DOI:10.3892/etm.2021.10203 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.