Maternal undernutrition reduces aortic wall thickness and elastin content in offspring rats without altering endothelial function

Clinical Science

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-287

  Skilton, Michael R ^a   Gosby, Alison K ^a   Wu, Ben J ^b   Ho, Lisa M L ^a   Stocker, Roland ^b   Caterson, Ian D ^a   Celermajer, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Elastin; Endothelial function; Fetal growth; Prenatal nutrition; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOMETRY; DIET; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; ELASTIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33750187489     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20060036     Document Type: Article

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