MicroRNAs: Crucial modulators of fetal epigenetic programming in nutrition and glucose metabolism

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3521-3523

  Xiao, Xin Hua ^a   Zheng, Jia ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Fetal programming; Glucose metabolism; MicroRNAs; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84908003695     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20141798     Document Type: Editorial

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