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Diabetes and Early Development: Epigenetics, Biological Stress, and Aging
29 Aug 2024
Abstract excerpt
Pregestational diabetes, either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, induces structural birth defects including neural tube defects and congenital heart defects in human fetuses. Rodent models of type 1 and type 2 diabetic embryopathy have been established and faithfully mimic human conditions. Hyperglycemia of maternal diabetes triggers oxidative stress in the developing neuroepithelium and the embryonic heart leading to...
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