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Oxytocin, a main breastfeeding hormone, prevents hypertension acquired in utero: A therapeutics preview.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects - 1 Jan 2017
Vargas-Martínez Froylán, Schanler Richard J, Abrams Steven A, Hawthorne Keli M, Landers Susan, Guzman-Bárcenas José, Muñoz Onofre, Henriksen Tore, Petersson Maria, Uvnäs-Moberg Kerstin, Jiménez-Estrada Ismael
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is a major risk factor for ischemic heart disease and stroke, leading causes of morbidity and death worldwide. Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), caused by an excess of glucocorticoid exposure to the fetus, produces an imbalance in oxidative stress altering many biochemical and epigenetic gene transcription processes exposing the fetus and neonate to the 'thrifty' phenotype and pervasive...
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