Maternal Fat Feeding Augments Offspring Nephron Endowment in Mice.

Increasing consumption of a high fat 'Western' diet has led to a growing number of pregnancies complicated by maternal obesity. Maternal overnutrition and obesity have health implications for offspring, yet little is known about their effects on offspring kidney development and renal funct...

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Main Authors: Stacey Hokke, Victor G Puelles, James A Armitage, Karen Fong, John F Bertram, Luise A Cullen-McEwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4993378?pdf=render