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Maternal obesity prior to pregnancy associated with birth defects Date: 2007/08/27 17:37 By: jbohm1 Status: User   Karma: 0&nbsp&nbsp Forum Head Nurse Posts: 56 This thread discusses the Content article: Maternal obesity prior to pregnancy associated with birth defects Interesting association between obesity and birth defects. Any suggestions of the mechanism involved? The administrator has disabled public write access. Re:Maternal obesity prior to pregnancy associated with birth defects Date: 2007/08/27 17:47 By: ohiomd Status: User   Karma: 0&nbsp&nbsp Forum Head Nurse Posts: 53 Obesity is associated with increased glucose levels which activate genes involved in its metabolism. Perhaps it is due to persistant gene activation of developmental genes that are in part regulated by glucose or one of its effectors. Obesity has been shown to impact on a wide variety of cellular pathways involved in growth. The administrator has disabled public write access.

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