Epigenetics of gestational diabetes mellitus and offspring health: The time for action is in early stages of life

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 415-422

  Lehnen, Harald ^a   Zechner, Ulrich ^b   Haaf, Thomas ^c  

^a Municipal Clinics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental origins hypothesis; Fetal overnutrition; Fetal programming; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Metabolic disease

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT CONTROL;

DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS HYPOTHESIS; FETAL OVERNUTRITION; FETAL PROGRAMMING; GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLIC DISEASE;

DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84880146957     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat020     Document Type: Article

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