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Epigenetic mechanisms underlying maternal diabetes-associated risk of congenital heart disease.
JCI insight - 19 Oct 2017
Basu Madhumita, Zhu Jun-Yi, LaHaye Stephanie, Majumdar Uddalak, Jiao Kai, Han Zhe, Garg Vidu
Abstract excerpt
Birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality, and they are caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Environmental risk factors may contribute to birth defects in genetically susceptible infants by altering critical molecular pathways during embryogenesis, but experimental evidence for gene-environment interactions is limited. Fetal hyperglycemia associated with maternal diabetes...
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