Molecular mechanisms underlying the fetal programming of adult disease

Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 139-153

  Vo, Thin ^a,b,c   Hardy, Daniel B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNAMethylation; Epigenetics; ER Stress; Fetal Programming; MicroRNA; Nuclear Receptors; Posttranslational HistoneModifications

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; HISTONE; HISTONE H3; INSULIN; LIVER X RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MICRORNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RNA POLYMERASE II; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ACETYLATION; ADULT DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; EPIGENETICS; EWE; FETAL PROGRAMMING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOXIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OBESITY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84866385524     PISSN: 18739601     EISSN: 1873961X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12079-012-0165-3     Document Type: Review

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