Article
Gestational diabetes mellitus epigenetically affects genes predominantly involved in metabolic diseases
16 Aug 2013
Abstract excerpt
Offspring exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have an increased risk for chronic diseases, and one promising mechanism for fetal metabolic programming is epigenetics. Therefore, we postulated that GDM exposure impacts the offspring's methylome and used an epigenomic approach to explore this hypothesis. Placenta and cord blood samples were obtained from 44 newborns, including 30 exposed to GDM. Women...
Topics
Join the communities discussing this publication.