Maternal diabetes, gestational diabetes and the role of epigenetics in their long term effects on offspring

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 55-68

  Ma, Ronald C W ^a,b   Tutino, Greg E ^a   Lillycrop, Karen A ^c   Hanson, Mark A ^c   Tam, Wing Hung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Epigenetics; Gestational diabetes; Maternal diabetes; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK;

ANIMALS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK;

EID: 84930537439     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.02.010     Document Type: Review

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