Lactational delivery of Triclosan promotes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in newborn mice

Triclosan is an antimicrobial additive in consumer products that has been detected in human breast milk. Here the authors report that exposure of pregnant mice to triclosan leads to lactational exposure to newborns and the development of liver steatosis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: André A. Weber, Xiaojing Yang, Elvira Mennillo, Jeffrey Ding, Jeramie D. Watrous, Mohit Jain, Shujuan Chen, Michael Karin, Robert H. Tukey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31947-4