Effects of the prenatal and postnatal nurturing environment on the phenotype and gut microbiota of mice with polycystic ovary syndrome induced by prenatal androgen exposure: a cross-fostering study

The gut microbiome is implicated in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and prenatal androgen exposure is involved in the development of PCOS in later life. Our previous study of a mouse model of PCOS induced by prenatal dihydrotestosterone (DHT) exposure showed that the reproducti...

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Main Authors: Akari Kusamoto, Miyuki Harada, Ayaka Minemura, Asami Matsumoto, Kentaro Oka, Motomichi Takahashi, Nanoka Sakaguchi, Jerilee M. K. Azhary, Hiroshi Koike, Zixin Xu, Tsurugi Tanaka, Yoko Urata, Chisato Kunitomi, Nozomi Takahashi, Osamu Wada-Hiraike, Yasushi Hirota, Yutaka Osuga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2024.1365624/full