Prevention of Early Postnatal Hyperalimentation Protects against Activation of Transforming Growth Factor-β/Bone Morphogenetic Protein and Interleukin-6 Signaling in Rat Lungs after Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Author(s) -
Miguel A. Alejandre Alcázar,
Katharina Dinger,
Eva Rother,
Iris Östreicher,
Christina Vohlen,
Christian Plank,
Jörg Dötsch
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.3945/jn.114.197657
Subject(s) - intrauterine growth restriction , endocrinology , medicine , biology , transforming growth factor , growth factor , gestation , pregnancy , receptor , genetics
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is intimately linked with postnatal catch-up growth, leading to impaired lung structure and function. However, the impact of catch-up growth induced by early postnatal hyperalimentation (HA) on the lung has not been addressed to date.
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