Maternal iron deficiency elicits divergent cardiac mitochondrial responses in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancy
Jad-Julian Rachid, Claudia D. Holody, Si Ning Liu, Rohini Roy Roshmi, Navdeep S Badhan, Anson Wong, Alyssa Wiedemeyer, Jennie Vu, Ibrahim Khodabocus, Hélène Lemieux, Stephane Louis Bourque
This study examines how maternal iron deficiency affects cardiac mitochondrial function in hypertensive and normotensive pregnancies, finding altered mitochondrial structure and respiration with no apoptosis.
bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology