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Poor maternal nutrition programmes a pro-atherosclerotic phenotype in ApoE-/- mice.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) - 1 Aug 2012
Blackmore Heather L, Piekarz Ana V, Fernandez-Twinn Denise S, Mercer John R, Figg Nichola, Bennett Martin, Ozanne Susan E
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Numerous animal studies have consistently shown that early life exposure to LP (low-protein) diet programmes risk factors for CVD (cardiovascular disease) such as dyslipidaemia, high BP (blood pressure) and cardiac dysfunction in the offspring. However, studies on the effect of maternal under-nutrition on offspring development of atherosclerosis are scarce. Applying our LP model to the ApoE(-/-)...
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