Maternal low-protein diet during mouse pre-implantation development induces vascular dysfunction and altered renin-angiotensin-system homeostasis in the offspring

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1762-1770

  Watkins, Adam J ^a   Lucas, Emma S ^a   Torrens, Christopher ^a   Cleal, Jane K ^a   Green, Lauren ^a   Osmond, Clive ^b   Eckert, Judith J ^a   Gray, William P ^a   Hanson, Mark A ^a   Fleming, Tom P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CVD; Maternal diet; Pre implantation embryo development

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ANGIOTENSIN 1A RECEPTOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLOMERULUS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RNA EXTRACTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MESENTERY; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERTENSION; ISOPROTERENOL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LUNG; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MESENTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; VASODILATION;

EID: 77954599535     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509993783     Document Type: Article

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