Maternal diet modulates placental nutrient transporter gene expression in a mouse model of diabetic pregnancy.

Diabetes in the mother during pregnancy is a risk factor for birth defects and perinatal complications and can affect long-term health of the offspring through developmental programming of susceptibility to metabolic disease. We previously showed that Streptozotocin-induced maternal diabetes in mice...

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Main Authors: Claudia Kappen, Claudia Kruger, Sydney Jones, Nils J Herion, J Michael Salbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224754