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Abstract
Clinical and experimental studies suggest that early life experiences, perhaps spanning multiple generations, affect lifelong risk of metabolic dysfunction through epigenetic mechanisms. Data published in 2011 suggest that epigenetic analysis could potentially have utility as a marker of early metabolic pathology and might enable early life prophylaxis.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22183130 DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2011.226
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Endocrinol ISSN: 1759-5029 Impact factor: 43.330