Dr Clint Gray, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
BSc (Hon), PhDHonorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Dr Gray has a PhD in Translational Physiology from the University of Nottingham, UK. His PhD focused on understanding how maternal diets high in sugar (fructose) can impact fetal development and subsequent predisposition to disease in the offspring. He then did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland examining the effects of differing maternal diets on fetal vascular development, function and predisposition to adult disease.
Dr Gray's current research projects involve looking at the effects of maternal diet on the uterine environment, blastocyst development, microRNA and gene expression. Utilising Proteomics and metabolomics he is also looking at the effects of preterm birth on liver function and the effects of maternal fructose (sugar-sweetened beverage) consumption on offspring liver development and predisposition to NAFLD.
Dr Gray firmly believes in collaborative research and currently has active collaborations with the Universities of Auckland, Victoria, Otago, Western Ontario, Newcastle, Nottingham and Cambridge. Dr Gray is currently supervising 3 PhD students and he is always interested in hearing from potential MSc and PhD students.
Contact details
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Fructose & sugar-sweetened beverage intake on health
Blastocyst & early Fetal development
Carbohydrate & lipid metabolism
Preterm birth & later life metabolic health
Publications
López Vásquez, C. E., Gray, C., Henry, C., & Munro, M. J. (2023). Modelling meningioma using organoids: A review of methodologies and applications. Organoids, 2, 218-230. doi: 10.3390/organoids2040017
Journal - Research Other
Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Berry, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2023). Preterm-born individuals: A vulnerable population at risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality during thermal extremes? [Review]. Experimental Physiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1113/ep091152
Journal - Research Article
Sixtus, R. P., Berry, M. J., Gray, C. L., & Dyson, R. M. (2023). A novel whole-body thermal stress test for monitoring cardiovascular responses in Guinea pigs. Journal of Thermal Biology, 113, 103500. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103500
Journal - Research Article
Smith, E. V. L. R., Dyson, R. M., Weth, F. R., Berry, M. J., & Gray, C. (2022). Maternal fructose intake, programmed mitochondrial function and predisposition to adult disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 12215. doi: 10.3390/ijms232012215
Journal - Research Other
Gardner, D. S., & Gray, C. (2022). Development and the art of nutritional maintenance. British Journal of Nutrition, 128, 828-834. doi: 10.1017/s0007114522001490
Journal - Research Article
Saito-Benz, M., Bennington, K., Gray, C. L., Murphy, W. G., Flanagan, P., Steiner, F., … Berry, M. J. (2022). Effects of freshly irradiated vs irradiated and stored red blood cell transfusion on cerebral oxygenation in preterm infants: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 176(5), e220152. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0152
Journal - Research Article
Smith, E. V. L. R., Dyson, R. M., Vanderboor, C. M. G., Sarr, O., Anderson, J., Berry, M. J., … Gray, C. (2022). Maternal fructose intake causes developmental reprogramming of hepatic mitochondrial catalytic activity and lipid metabolism in weanling and young adult offspring. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 999. doi: 10.3390/ijms23020999
Journal - Research Article
Sixtus, R. P., Pacharinsak, C., Gray, C. L., Berry, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2021). Differential effects of four intramuscular sedatives on cardiorespiratory stability in juvenile guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). PLoS ONE, 16(11), e0259559. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259559
Journal - Research Article
Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Berry, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2021). Nitrous oxide improves cardiovascular, respiratory, and thermal stability during prolonged isoflurane anesthesia in juvenile guinea pigs. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 9, e00713. doi: 10.1002/prp2.713
Journal - Research Article
Smith, E. V. L. R., Dyson, R. M., Berry, M. J., & Gray, C. (2020). Fructose consumption during pregnancy influences milk lipid composition and offspring lipid profiles in guinea pigs. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 11, 550. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00550
Journal - Research Article
Soo, J. Y., Wiese, M. D., Dyson, R. M., Gray, C. L., Clarkson, A. N., Morrison, J. L., & Berry, M. J. (2020). Methamphetamine administration increases hepatic CYP1A2 but not CYP3A activity in female guinea pigs. PLoS ONE, 15(5), e0233010. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233010
Journal - Research Article
Fan, J.-L., O'Donnell, T., Gray, C. L., Croft, K., Noakes, A. K., Koch, H., & Tzeng, Y.-C. (2019). Dietary nitrate supplementation enhances cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity in a sex-specific manner. Journal of Applied Physiology, 127, 760-769. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01116.2018
Journal - Research Article
Saito-Benz, M., Gray, C., Tzeng, Y.-C., Atkinson, G., & Berry, M. J. (2019). Cerebral oxygenation and cardiorespiratory stability following liberal transfusion in preterm neonates [Brief report]. Acta Paediatrica, 108, 559-561. doi: 10.1111/apa.14631
Journal - Research Other
Shaw, J. C., Dyson, R. M., Palliser, H. K., Gray, C., Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2019). Neurosteroid replacement therapy using the allopregnanolone-analogue ganaxolone following preterm birth in male guinea pigs. Pediatric Research, 85, 86-96. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0185-7
Journal - Research Article
Morrison, J. L., Berry, M. J., Botting, K. J., Darby, J. R. T., Frasch, M. G., Gatford, K. L., … Gray, C. L., … Tellam, R. L. (2018). Improving pregnancy outcomes in humans through studies in sheep. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology, 315, R1123-R1153. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00391.2017
Journal - Research Other
Morrison, J. L., Botting, K. J., Darby, J. R. T., David, A. L., Dyson, R. M., Gatford, K. L., Gray, C., … Berry, M. J. (2018). Guinea pig models for translation of the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis into the clinic. Journal of Physiology, 596(23), 5535-5569. doi: 10.1113/JP274948
Journal - Research Article
Smith, E., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Berry, M. (2017, September). Potential therapeutic interventions to prevent later life predisposition to non-communicable disease, following preterm birth. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Sixtus, R., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Berry, M. (2017, September). Cardiovascular and thermoregulatory consequences of preterm birth. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Soo, J. Y., Wiese, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., Clarkson, A., Morrison, J., & Berry, M. (2017, September). The effect of methamphetamine on drug metabolism: A pilot study. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Barnes, H., Dyson, R., Gray, C., Anderson, J., & Berry, M. (2017, September). Investigating potential NAFLD predisposition in preterm guinea pigs. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Series: Child Health Research, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Saito Benz, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., Gately, C., Jackson, P., & Berry, M. (2017). Blood transfusion for anaemia of prematurity: Current practice in Australia and New Zealand neonatal units. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 53(Suppl. 2), (pp. 86-87). doi: 10.1111/jpc.13494_255
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Gray, C., McCowan, L. M., Patel, R., Taylor, R. S., & Vickers, M. H. (2017). Maternal plasma miRNAs as biomarkers during mid-pregnancy to predict later spontaneous preterm birth: A pilot study. Scientific Reports, 7, 815. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00713-8
Journal - Research Article
Albert, B. B., Vickers, M. H., Gray, C., Reynolds, C. M., Segovia, S. A., Derraik, J. G. B., … Cutfield, W. S. (2017). Fish oil supplementation to rats fed high-fat diet during pregnancy prevents development of impaired insulin sensitivity in male adult offspring. Scientific Reports, 7, 5595. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05793-0
Journal - Research Article
Segovia, S. A., Vickers, M. H., Gray, C., Zhang, X., & Reynolds, C. M. (2017). Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation improves maternal high fat diet-induced programming of metabolic dysfunction in adult male rat offspring. Scientific Reports, 7, 6663. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07108-9
Journal - Research Article
Berry, M. J., Saito-Benz, M., Gray, C., Dyson, R. M., Dellabarca, P., Ebmeier, S., … Elder, D. E., & Richardson, V. F. (2017). Outcomes of 23- and 24-weeks gestation infants in Wellington, New Zealand: A single centre experience. Scientific Reports, 7, 12769. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12911-5
Journal - Research Article
Segovia, S. A., Vickers, M. H., Zhang, X. D., Gray, C., & Reynolds, C. M. (2016). Conjugated linoleic acid improves metabolic and inflammatory profiles in offspring exposed to maternal high fat diet. Reproductive Sciences, 23(Suppl. 1), (pp. 95A). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Soo, J., Berry, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Morrison, J. L. (2016). Sex specific effect of preterm birth on mRNA expression of drug transporters in guinea pig liver. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological Society (AuPS) and Australian Society for Biophysics (ASB) Conference. Retrieved from http://aups.org.au/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Soo, J., Berry, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Morrison, J. L. (2016, September). Effect of preterm birth on mRNA expression of drug transporters in guinea pig liver. Poster session presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society (FNPS), Cambridge, UK.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Darby, J. R., Berry, M., Dyson, R., Gray, C., & Morrison, J. L. (2016, September). Preterm birth coupled with antenatal glucocorticoid treatment increases cardiac MR and 11β-HSD1 in adult life. Verbal presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society (FNPS), Cambridge, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Gray, C., Gardiner, S. M., Elmes, M., & Gardner, D. S. (2016). Excess maternal salt or fructose intake programmes sex-specific, stress- and fructose-sensitive hypertension in the offspring. British Journal of Nutrition, 115(4), 594-604. doi: 10.1017/S0007114515004936
Journal - Research Article
Pileggi, C. A., Segovia, S. A., Markworth, J. F., Gray, C., Zhang, X. D., Milan, A. M., … Roy, N. C., … Cameron-Smith, D. (2016). Maternal conjugated linoleic acid supplementation reverses high-fat diet-induced skeletal muscle atrophy and inflammation in adult male rat offspring. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology, 310(5), R432-R439. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00351.2015
Journal - Research Article
Mumme, K., Gray, C., Reynolds, C. M., Vickers, M. H., Harrison, C. J., Stanley, J. L., … Sulek, K. (2016). Maternal-fetal hepatic and placental metabolome profiles are associated with reduced fetal growth in a rat model of maternal obesity. Metabolomics, 12(5), 83. doi: 10.1007/s11306-016-1014-9
Journal - Research Article
Pileggi, C. A., Hedges, C. P., Segovia, S. A., Markworth, J. F., Durainayagam, B. R., Gray, C., … Cameron-Smith, D. (2016). Maternal high fat diet alters skeletal muscle mitochondrial catalytic activity in adult male rat offspring. Frontiers in Physiology, 7, 546. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00546
Journal - Research Article
Albert, B. B., Vickers, M. H., Gray, C., Reynolds, C. M., Segovia, S. A., Derraik, J. G. B., … Cutfield, W. S. (2016). Oxidized fish oil in rat pregnancy causes high newborn mortality and increases maternal insulin resistance. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology, 311(3), R497-R504. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00005.2016
Journal - Research Article
Li, M., Gray, C., Reynolds, C., Segovia, S., Patel, R., & Vickers, M. (2015). Pre-weaning growth hormone treatment reverses metabolic and cardiovascular disorders in offspring arising as a consequence of maternal undernutrition. Endocrine Reviews, 36(2, Suppl.), THR-445. Retrieved from https://www.endocrine.org/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Mumme, K. D., Gray, C., Reynolds, C., Vickers, M. H., Harrison, C., Stanley, J. L., … Sulek, K. (2015). Increased maternal fat and/or salt intake alters the placental metabolome. Reproductive Sciences, 22(Suppl. 1), (pp. 374A). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Segovia, S. A., Vickers, M. H., Zhang, X. D., Gray, C., & Reynolds, C. M. (2015). Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation ameliorates maternal obesity-induced programming of metabolic dysfunction in male rat offspring. Reproductive Sciences, 22(Suppl. 1), (pp. 98A). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Li, M., Reynolds, C. M., Sloboda, D. M., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2015). Maternal taurine supplementation attenuates maternal fructose-induced metabolic and inflammatory dysregulation and partially reverses adverse metabolic programming in offspring. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 26(3), 267-276. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2014.10.015
Journal - Research Article
Albert, B., Vickers, M. H., Gray, C., Reynolds, C., Derraik, J., Cameron-Smith, D., … Cutfield, W. (2015). Supplementation with oxidised fish oil in pregnancy markedly increases neonatal mortality in male rat offspring. International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2015(Suppl. 1 ), O41. doi: 10.1186/1687-9856-2015-S1-O41
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Reynolds, C. M., Segovia, S. A., Zhang, X. D., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2015). Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation during pregnancy and lactation reduces maternal high-fat-diet-induced programming of early-onset puberty and hyperlipidemia in female rat offspring. Biology of Reproduction, 92(2), 40. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.125047
Journal - Research Article
Gray, C., Vickers, M. H., Segovia, S. A., Zhang, X. D., & Reynolds, C. M. (2015). A maternal high fat diet programmes endothelial function and cardiovascular status in adult male offspring independent of body weight, which is reversed by maternal conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation. PLoS ONE, 10(2), e0115994. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115994
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Reynolds, C. M., Vickers, M. H., Harrison, C. J., Segovia, S. A., & Gray, C. (2015). Maternal high fat and/or salt consumption induces sex‐specific inflammatory and nutrient transport in the rat placenta. Physiological Reports, 3(5), e12399. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12399
Journal - Research Article
Gray, C., Harrison, C. J., Segovia, S. A., Reynolds, C. M., & Vickers, M. H. (2015). Maternal salt and fat intake causes hypertension and sustained endothelial dysfunction in fetal, weanling and adult male resistance vessels. Scientific Reports, 5, 09753. doi: 10.1038/srep09753
Journal - Research Article
Li, M., Reynolds, C. M., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2015). Preweaning GH treatment normalizes body growth trajectory and reverses metabolic dysregulation in adult offspring after maternal undernutrition. Endocrinology, 156(9), 3228-3238. doi: 10.1210/en.2015-1041
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Li, M., Reynolds, C. M., Segovia, S. A., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2015). Developmental programming of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: The effect of early life nutrition on susceptibility and disease severity in later life. BioMed Research International, 2015, 437107. doi: 10.1155/2015/437107
Journal - Research Article
Segovia, S. A., Vickers, M. H., Zhang, X. D., Gray, C., & Reynolds, C. M. (2015). Maternal supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid in the setting of diet-induced obesity normalises the inflammatory phenotype in mothers and reverses metabolic dysfunction and impaired insulin sensitivity in offspring. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 26(12), 1448-1457. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.07.013
Journal - Research Article
Reynolds, C. M., Gray, C., Li, M., Segovia, S. A., & Vickers, M. H. (2015). Early life nutrition and energy balance disorders in offspring in later life. Nutrients, 7(9), 8090-8111. doi: 10.3390/nu7095384
Journal - Research Article
Reynolds, C. M., Segovia, S. A., Zhang, X. D., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2015). Maternal high-fat diet-induced programing of gut taste receptor and inflammatory gene expression in rat offspring is ameliorated by CLA supplementation. Physiological Reports, 3(10), e12588. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12588
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Gray, C., Vickers, M. H., Dyson, R. M., Reynolds, C. M., & Berry, M. J. (2015). Magnesium sulfate has sex-specific, dose-dependent vasodilator effects on preterm placental vessels. Biology of Sex Differences, 6, 22. doi: 10.1186/s13293-015-0040-z
Journal - Research Article
Berry, M., Gray, C., Wright, K., Dyson, R., & Wright, I. (2015). Premature guinea pigs: A new paradigm to investigate the late-effects of preterm birth. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, 6(2), 143-148. doi: 10.1017/S2040174414000592
Journal - Research Article
Reynolds, C. M., Gray, C., Harrison, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2014). Maternal high-fat and/or salt consumption induces sex-specific inflammatory and angiogenic changes in the placenta. Reproductive Sciences, 21(3, Suppl.), (pp. 384A). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Gray, C., Reynolds, C. M., Harrison, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2014). Maternal salt and fat intake impairs uterine artery vasodilation and causes endothelial dysfunction in the fetal aorta, weanling resistance vessels and hypertension in adult offspring. Reproductive Sciences, 21(3, Suppl.), (pp. 165A). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Reynolds, C. M., Li, M., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2014). Early-life growth hormone treatment to offspring of undernourished mothers alters metabolic parameters in primary adipocytes in adulthood. Growth Factors, 32(1), 34-40. doi: 10.3109/08977194.2013.870169
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Reynolds, C. M., Vickers, M. H., Harrison, C. J., Segovia, S. A., & Gray, C. (2014). High fat and/or high salt intake during pregnancy alters maternal meta-inflammation and offspring growth and metabolic profiles. Physiological Reports, 2(8), e12110. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12110
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Segovia, S. A., Vickers, M. H., Gray, C., & Reynolds, C. M. (2014). Maternal obesity, inflammation, and developmental programming. BioMed Research International, 2014, 418975. doi: 10.1155/2014/418975
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Gray, C., Li, M., Patel, R., Reynolds, C. M., & Vickers, M. H. (2014). Let-7 miRNA profiles are associated with the reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertension in adult male offspring from mothers undernourished during pregnancy after preweaning growth hormone treatment. Endocrinology, 155(12), 4808-4817. doi: 10.1210/en.2014-1567
Journal - Research Article
Gray, C., Li, M., Reynolds, C. M., & Vickers, M. H. (2013). Pre-weaning growth hormone treatment reverses hypertension, endothelial dysfunction and alters heart development in adult male offspring induced as a consequence of maternal undernutrition. Endocrine Reviews, 34(4, Suppl.), MON-512. Retrieved from https://www.endocrine.org
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Reynolds, C. M., Li, M., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2013). Preweaning growth hormone treatment ameliorates adipose tissue insulin resistance and inflammation in adult male offspring following maternal undernutrition. Endocrinology, 154(8), 2676-2686. doi: 10.1210/en.2013-1146
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Reynolds, C. M., Li, M., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2013). Pre-weaning growth hormone treatment ameliorates bone marrow macrophage inflammation in adult male rat offspring following maternal undernutrition. PLoS ONE, 8(7), e68262. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068262
Journal - Research Article
Gray, C., Long, S., Green, C., Gardiner, S. M., Craigon, J., & Gardner, D. S. (2013). Maternal fructose and/or salt intake and reproductive outcome in the rat: Effects on growth, fertility, sex ratio, and birth order. Biology of Reproduction, 89(3), 51. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.109595
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Gray, C., Li, M., Reynolds, C. M., & Vickers, M. H. (2013). Pre-weaning growth hormone treatment reverses hypertension and endothelial dysfunction in adult male offspring of mothers undernourished during pregnancy. PLoS ONE, 8(1), e53505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053505
Journal - Research Article
Gray, C., Al-Dujaili, E. A., Sparrow, A. J., Gardiner, S. M., Craigon, J., Welham, S. J. M., & Gardner, D. S. (2013). Excess maternal salt intake produces sex-specific hypertension in offspring: Putative roles for kidney and gastrointestinal sodium handling. PLoS ONE, 8(8), e72682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072682
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Li, M., Reynolds, C. M., Sloboda, D. M., Gray, C., & Vickers, M. H. (2013). Effects of taurine supplementation on hepatic markers of inflammation and lipid metabolism in mothers and offspring in the setting of maternal obesity. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e76961. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076961
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Gray, C. (2011). The effects of dietary fructose and salt on maternal, fetal and adult offspring growth, metabolic status and cardiovascular health (PhD). University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. Retrieved from http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12093/
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Rhodes, P., Craigon, J., Gray, C., Rhind, S. M., Loughna, P. T., & Gardner, D. S. (2009). Adult-onset obesity reveals prenatal programming of glucose-insulin sensitivity in male sheep nutrient restricted during late gestation. PLoS ONE, 4(10), e7393. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007393
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Gray, C., Rhodes, P., Rhind, S., & Gardner, D. (2008). Protein restriction during early gestation impairs renal function in sheep with adult-onset obesity. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 67, E385. doi: 10.1017/S0029665108000591
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract