Maternal obesity enhances collagen accumulation and cross-linking in skeletal muscle of ovine offspring.

Maternal obesity (MO) has harmful effects on both fetal development and subsequent offspring health. We previously demonstrated that MO enhances collagen accumulation in fetal skeletal muscle, but its impact on mature offspring muscle collagen accumulation is unknown. Ewes were fed either a control...

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Main Authors: Yan Huang, Jun-Xing Zhao, Xu Yan, Mei-Jun Zhu, Nathan M Long, Richard J McCormick, Stephen P Ford, Peter W Nathanielsz, Min Du
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3279401?pdf=render