Developmental programming and hypertension

• Published in: Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension Vol. 18; no. 2; p. 144
• Main Authors: Nuyt, Anne Monique, Alexander, Barbara T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.03.2009
• Subjects: Animals; Birth Weight; Blood Vessels - pathology; Blood Vessels - physiology; Disease Susceptibility; Female; Fetal Development - physiology; Fetus - drug effects; Glucocorticoids - pharmacology; Gonadal Steroid Hormones - physiology; Humans; Hypertension - etiology; Kidney - innervation; Models, Animal; Nephrons - physiology; Pregnancy; Premature Birth - physiopathology; Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Sodium Chloride, Dietary - pharmacology

There is a growing body of evidence linking adverse events or exposures during early life and adult-onset diseases. After important epidemiological studies from many parts of the world, research now focuses on mechanisms of organ dysfunction and on refining the understanding of the interaction betwe...