Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31470962)
Beijing Natural Science Foundation (5142022)
Article History
Received: 23 July 2018
Accepted: 7 November 2018
First Online: 3 December 2018
Authors’ information
: H.Y. is an associate professor of Immunology Department at Guang’anmen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. She worked on the study of the biological effects and safety of nanomaterials, and has made valuable contributions on nanoparticles materno-fetal transport, metabolism and biological safety & toxicity during pregnancy.J.K. is the head of School of Biomedical Sciences at University of Western Australia (UWA). J.K. is a professor of obstetrics at UWA and an expert in placental disorders in pregnancy. He has made important research contributions in the areas of inflammation, preterm labour & birth, and placental drug transport and metabolism.
: Ethical approval was given by the ethics committee of Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences with the following reference number: IACUC-GAMH-2018-007.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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