Maternal high-fat diet alters expression of pathways of growth, blood supply and arachidonic acid in rat placenta

Maternal high-fat diet alters expression of pathways of growth, blood supply and arachidonic acid in rat placenta

The high fat content in Western diets probably affects placental function during pregnancy with potential consequences for the offspring in the short and long term. The aim of the present study was to compare genome-wide placental gene expression between rat dams fed a high-fat diet (HFD) and those...

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Main Authors: Marloes Dekker Nitert, Kanchan Vaswani, Melissa Hum, Hsiu-Wen Chan, Ryan Wood-Bradley, Sarah Henry, James A. Armitage, Murray D. Mitchell, Gregory E. Rice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Nutritional Science
Subjects:
Placenta
High-fat diet
Arachidonic acid
LIM domain kinase 1
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2048679013000360/type/journal_article

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