Embryo transfer cannot delineate between the maternal pregnancy environment and germ line effects in the transgenerational transmission of disease in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Tran, Melanie ^a   Gallo, Linda A ^a   Hanvey, Alanna N ^a   Jefferies, Andrew J ^a   Westcott, Kerryn T ^a   Cullen McEwen, Luise A ^b   Gardner, David K ^a   Moritz, Karen M ^c   Wlodek, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Glucose tolerance; Kidney function; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GERM LINE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; INSULIN RESPONSE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SIBLING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UTERINE ARTERY; VEIN LIGATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84900533712     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00523.2013     Document Type: Article

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