Background
Recently epidemiological investigations and experimental animal studies had suggested that low birth weight was not only one of the important reasons to death and illness of perinatal baby, but also a dangerous factor of metabolic syndrome (MS) during adulthood such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Therefore it was a popular topic to study the mechanisms of how low birth weight can cause adulthood MS and to find an effective measure to prevent and treat MS.
Recently investigat...