Maternal hypercholesterolemia leads to activation of endogenous cholesterol synthesis in the offspring

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273.e1-273.e6

  Goharkhay, Nima ^a   Tamayo, Esther H ^a   Yin, Huaizhi ^a   Hankins, Gary D V ^a   Saade, George R ^a   Longo, Monica ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; fetal development; fetal programming; hypercholesterolemia; mouse model

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; HMGCR PROTEIN; LDLR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SCAP PROTEIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1A; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CROSS BREEDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIFE; LIVER; MALE; MOTHER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 50349098973     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.064     Document Type: Article

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