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DNA methylation at differentially methylated regions of imprinted genes is resistant to developmental programming by maternal nutrition
12 Sept 2012
Abstract excerpt
The nutritional environment in which the mammalian fetus or infant develop is recognized as influencing the risk of chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension, in a phenomenon that has become known as developmental programming. The late onset of such diseases in response to earlier transient experiences has led to the suggestion that developmental programming may have an epigenetic component,...
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