Are high birth weights but not excessive weight gain prior to manifestation related to earlier onset of diabetes in childhood : 'accelerator hypothesis ' revisited?
Our data do not support the 'accelerator hypothesis'. There was no sign of excessive weight gain before manifestation. Discrepant results from other studies could be due to non-age-adjusted controls.
Elafin reverses obliterative changes in pulmonary arteries via elastase inhibition and caveolin-1-dependent amplification of BMPR2 signaling.