Molecule in mothers’ milk nurses pups’ heart cells to maturity

Pingzhu Zhou and William T. Pu ()

Nature, 2023, vol. 618, issue 7964, 242-243

Abstract: A fatty acid in the milk of nursing mice has been found to trigger a transformation in the metabolic pathways that are active in pups’ heart muscle cells, enabling the cells to rapidly mature after birth.

Keywords: Developmental biology; Cardiovascular biology; Metabolism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-01635-4

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