Open AccessEffects of a restricted fetal growth environment on human kidney morphology, cell apoptosis and gene expression
Author(s) -
Yanping Wang,
Xu Chen,
Zhikun Zhang,
Hongyan Cui,
Peng Wang,
Yue Wang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1752-8976
pISSN - 1470-3203
DOI - 10.1177/1470320314543808
Subject(s) - in utero , apoptosis , kidney , fetus , kidney development , biology , endocrinology , medicine , andrology , gene , pregnancy , genetics , embryonic stem cell
Kidney development is key to the onset of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases in adults, and in the fetal stage will be impaired by a lack of nutrients in utero in animal models. However, few human studies have been performed.
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