Transcriptome-Wide Insights: Neonatal Lactose Intolerance Promotes Telomere Damage, Senescence, and Cardiomyopathy in Adult Rat Heart.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the primary cause of mortality globally. A significant aspect of CVD involves their association with aging and susceptibility to neonatal programming. These factors suggest that adverse conditions during neonatal development can disrupt cardiomyocyte differentiation, thereby leading to heart dysfunction.