Developmental origins of health and disease

List of contributors

Preface

1. The developmental origins of health and disease : an overview / Peter D. Gluckman and Mark A. Hanson

2. The 'developmental origins' hypothesis : epidemiology / Keith Godfrey

3. The conceptual basis for the developmental origins of health and disease / Peter D. Gluckman and Mark A. Hanson

4. The periconceptional and embryonic period / Tom P. Fleming

5. Epigenetic mechanisms / Emma Whitelaw and David Garrick

6. A mitochondrial component of developmental programming / Josie M.L. McConnell

7. Role of exposure to environmental chemicals in developmental origins of health and disease / Jerrold J. Heindel and Cindy Lawler

8. Maternal nutrition and fetal growth and development / Susan M.B. Morton

9. Placental mechanisms and developmental origins of health and disease / Leslie Myatt and Victoria Roberts

10. Control of fetal metabolism : relevance to developmental origins of health and disease / Abigail L. Fowden, Janelle W. Ward and Alison J. Forhead

11. Lipid metabolism : relevance to development origins of health and disease / Graham C. Burdge and Philip C. Calder

12. Prenatal hypoxia : relevance to developmental origins of health and disease / Dino A. Guissani

13. The fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis : relevance to developmental origins of health and disease / Deborah M. Sloboda, John P. Newnham, Timothy J.M. Moss and John R.G. Challis

14. Perinatal influences on the endocrine and metabolic axes during childhood / W.S. Cutfield, C.A. Jefferies and P.L. Hofman

15. Patterns of growth : relevance to developmental origins of health and disease / Johan G. Eriksson

16. The developmental environment and the endocrine pancreas / Brigitte Reusens, Luise Kalbe and Claude Remacle

17. The developmental environment and insulin resistance / Noel H. Smith and Susan E. Ozanne

18. The developmental environment and the development of obesity / Michael E. Symonds and David S. Gardner

19. The developmental environment and its role in the metabolic syndrome / Christopher D. Byrne and David I.W. Philips

20. Programming the cardiovascular system / Kent L. Thornburg

21. The role of vascular dysfunction in developmental origins of health and disease : evidence from human and animal studies / Lucilla Poston, Christopher Torrens, James A. Armitage and Mark A. Hanson

22. The developmental environment and atherogenesis / C. Napoli, O. Pignalosa, L. Rossi, C. Botti, C. Guarino, V. Sica and F. de Nigris

23. The developmental environment, renal function and disease / Karen M. Moritz, E. Marelyn Wintour and Miodrag Dodic

24. The developmental environment : effect on fluid and electrolyte homeostasis / Mostafa A. El-Haddad and Michael G. Ross

25. The developmental environment : effects on lung structure and function / Richard Harding, Megan L. Cock and Gert S. Maritz

26. Developmental origins of asthma and related allergic disorders / J.O. Warner

27. The developmental environment : influences on subsequent cognitive function and behaviour / Jason Landon, Michael Davison and Bernhard H. Breier

28. The developmental environment and the origins of neurological disorders / Sandra Rees, Richard Harding and Terrie Inder

29. The developmental environment : clinical perspectives on effects on the musculoskeletal system / Cyrus Cooper, Avian Aihie Sayer and Elaine Margaret Dennison

30. The developmental environment : experimental perspectives on skeletal development / Richard O.C. Oreffo and Helmtrud I. Roach

31. The developmental environment and the early origins of cancer / Anders Ekbom

32. The developmental environment : implications for ageing and life span / Thomas B.L. Kirkwood

33. Developmental origins of health and disease : implications for primary intervention for cardiovascular and metabolic disease / Terrence Forrester

34. Developmental origins of health and disease : public-health perspectives / Catherine Law and Janis Baird

35. Developmental origins of health and disease : implications for developing countries / Caroline H.D. Fall and Harshpal Singh Sachdev

36. Developmental origins of health and disease : ethical social considerations / Ray Noble

37. Past obstacles and future promise / D.J.P. Barker

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