Print Email Facebook Twitter Maternal transmission of risk for atherosclerosis Title Maternal transmission of risk for atherosclerosis Author de Ruiter, M.C. Alkemade, F.E. de Gittenberger - Groot, A.C. Poelmann, R.E. Havekes, L.M. van Dijk, K.W. TNO Kwaliteit van Leven Publication year 2008 Abstract In this review, we briefly summarize the possible signals crossing the placental barrier and discuss the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic programming in the developing fetus leading to increased athero-susceptibility of the vessel wall. © 2008 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Subject HealthBiomedical ResearchAtherosclerosisEpigeneticsPregnancyRisk factorsatherosclerosisblood placenta barrierblood vessel wallchromatin assembly and disassemblydisease predispositiondisease transmissionDNA methylationepigeneticsfetal malnutritionfetushumanhypercholesterolemiamalnutritionmaternal diabetes mellituspathologyplacentapregnancy diabetes mellitusprenatal periodpriority journalreviewrisk assessmentrisk factorsignal transductionanimalcytologyfemalegeneticsmetabolismpathophysiologypregnancyprenatal exposureriskAnimalsAtherosclerosisFemaleFetusHumansHypercholesterolemiaMalnutritionPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsRisk To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a6761302-93c7-46ce-a466-8be9d7e9f2ba DOI https://doi.org/10.1097/mol.0b013e328304b670 TNO identifier 240922 ISSN 0957-9672 Source Current Opinion in Lipidology, 19 (4), 333-337 Document type article Files To receive the publication files, please send an e-mail request to TNO Library.