Lipopolysaccharide exposure during pregnancy leads to aortic dysfunction in offspring rats.

BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) produces hypertension in adult offspring rats. The present study was to explore the effects of prenatal inflammation on morphological and functional changes in the aorta from offspring rats and to further assess its susceptibility to cardiova...

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Main Authors: Shanyu Zhao, Haigang Zhang, Dayan Cao, Ya Liu, Xiaohui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4099131?pdf=render