Maternal diet programs embryonic kidney gene expression.
Human epidemiological data associating birth weight with adult disease suggest that organogenesis is "programmed" by maternal diet. In rats, protein restriction in pregnancy produces offspring with fewer renal glomeruli and higher systemic blood pressures than controls. We tested the hypot...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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