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Epigenetic Links between Microbiota and Gestational Diabetes
6 Feb 2022
Abstract excerpt
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is considered a significant and increasing worldwide problem. The growing body of evidence on this topic has allowed us to point out that a hostile intrauterine environment in mothers with GDM via epigenetic mechanisms induces "diabetogenic" and "obesogenic" changes in an offspring's DNA. This sets a vicious intergenerational cycle of metabolic diseases in motion, gradually...
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