Dietary Nucleotides Supplementation Improves the Intestinal Development and Immune Function of Neonates with Intra-Uterine Growth Restriction in a Pig Model.

The current study aimed to determine whether dietary nucleotides supplementation could improve growth performance, intestinal development and immune function of intra-uterine growth restricted (IUGR) neonate using pig as animal model. A total of 14 pairs of normal birth weight (NBW) and IUGR piglets...

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Main Authors: Lianqiang Che, Liang Hu, Yan Liu, Chuan Yan, Xie Peng, Qin Xu, Ru Wang, Yuanfang Cheng, Hong Chen, Zhengfeng Fang, Yan Lin, Shengyu Xu, Bin Feng, Daiwen Chen, De Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4909294?pdf=render