Investigation of a new hypothesis that increased TGF? activity in developing fetal organs predisposes a women to polycystic ovary syndrome and associated metabolic disorders

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1051720

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Have you ever wondered why some people get fat and other do not, no matter how much they eat? The answer could lie in what happened before they were born. This project investigates a new hypothesis that was developed from discoveries on polycystic ovary syndrome. Women with this syndrome are at increased risk of becoming overweight and diabetic. If the hypotheses prove correct it might be possible to reduce the incidence of these metabolic disorders in the longer term.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $583,015.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Foetal Development and Medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

fetal origins of disease | fetal programming | fibrillin | fibrosis | insulin resistance | metabolic syndrome | polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) | stroma | transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta)

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