The Possible Role of Epigenetics in Gestational Diabetes: Cause, Consequence, or Both

• Egile Nagusiak: J. L. Fernández-Morera (Egilea), S. Rodríguez-Rodero (Egilea), E. Menéndez-Torre (Egilea), M. F. Fraga (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as the glucose intolerance that is not present or recognized prior to pregnancy. Several risk factors of GDM depend on environmental factors that are thought to regulate the genome through epigenetic mechanisms. Thus, epigenetic regulation could be invo...