Adult vascular dysfunction in foetal growth-restricted guinea-pigs is associated with a neonate-adult switching in Nos3 DNA methylation.
Bernardo J KrauseEstefanía PeñalozaAlejandro CandiaDaniel CañasCherie HernándezGerman A ArenasMaría José Peralta-ScholzRodrigo ValenzuelaClaudio García-HerreraEmilio A HerreraPublished in: Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) (2019)
Altogether, these data suggest that adult vascular dysfunction in the FGR does not result from early changes in Nos3 promoter DNA methylation, but from an altered vessel structure established during foetal development.