biomedicines Article Fetal Undernutrition Induces Resistance Artery Remodeling and Stiffness in Male and Female Rats Independent of Hypertension 1,2, 2, 2,3 Perla Y. Gutiérrez-Arzapalo y , Pilar Rodríguez-Rodríguez y, David Ramiro-Cortijo , Marta Gil-Ortega 4 , Beatriz Somoza 4, Ángel Luis López de Pablo 2, Maria del Carmen González 2 and Silvia M. Arribas 2,* 1 Center of Research and Teaching in Health Sciences (CIDOCS), Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Av. Cedros y calle Sauces s/n, Culiacán 80010, Sinaloa, Mexico;
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[email protected] These authors contributed equally to this study. y Received: 1 September 2020; Accepted: 14 October 2020; Published: 16 October 2020 Abstract: Fetal undernutrition programs hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, and resistance artery remodeling may be a contributing factor. We aimed to assess if fetal undernutrition induces resistance artery remodeling and the relationship with hypertension. Sprague–Dawley dams were fed ad libitum (Control) or with 50% of control intake between days 11 and 21 of gestation (maternal undernutrition, MUN).