Cord blood leptin and insulin levels in association with mitochondrial DNA content.

Annette VriensMichelle PlusquinWilly BaeyensLiesbeth BruckersElly Den HondIlse LootsVera NelenGreet SchoetersBram G JanssenTim S Nawrot

Published in: Journal of translational medicine (2018)

Neonatal metabolic hormones were associated with cord blood mtDNA content, which suggests that in early life the variation of mtDNA content might accommodate or reflect changes in the metabolic status.

Keyphrases

cord blood
mitochondrial dna
copy number
early life
type diabetes
genome wide
weight loss