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Maternal Thyroid Hormone Programs Cardiovascular Functions in the Offspring.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Sept 2021
Pedaran Mehdi, Oelkrug Rebecca, Sun Qian, Resch Julia, Schomburg Lutz, Mittag Jens
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Background: Maternal thyroid hormone (TH) plays an essential role for fetal development, especially for the cardiovascular system and its central control. However, the precise consequences of altered TH action during the different periods in pregnancy remain poorly understood. Methods: To address this question, we used mice heterozygous for a mutant thyroid hormone receptor α1 (TRα1) and wild-type controls that...
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