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Polymorphic susceptibility to the molecular causes of neural tube defects during diabetic embryopathy.
Diabetes - 1 Sept 2002
Pani Lydie, Horal Melissa, Loeken Mary R
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we demonstrated that neural tube defects (NTDs) are significantly increased in a mouse model of diabetic pregnancy. In addition, expression of Pax-3, a gene encoding a transcription factor required for neural tube development, is significantly decreased. This suggests that diabetic embryopathy results from impaired expression of genes regulating essential morphogenetic processes. Here, we report that...
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