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Kidney Dysfunction in Adult Offspring Exposed In Utero to Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated with Alterations in Genome-Wide DNA Methylation
10 Aug 2015
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BACKGROUND: Fetal exposure to hyperglycemia impacts negatively kidney development and function. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine whether fetal exposure to moderate hyperglycemia is associated with epigenetic alterations in DNA methylation in peripheral blood cells and whether those alterations are related to impaired kidney function in adult offspring. DESIGN: Twenty nine adult, non-diabetic offspring of...
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