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Fostering in mice induces cardiovascular and metabolic dysfunction in adulthood.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Aug 2011
Matthews Phillippa A, Samuelsson Anne-Maj, Seed Paul, Pombo Joaquim, Oben Jude A, Poston Lucilla, Taylor Paul D
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Cross-fostering is widely used in developmental programming studies to determine the relative contribution of the in utero and suckling periods in establishing the adult offspring phenotype in response to an environmental challenge. We have investigated whether the process of fostering per se influences cardiovascular and metabolic function in adult offspring of C57BL/6J mice in comparison with animals suckled by...
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