Lasting effects on body weight and mammary gland gene expression in female mice upon early life exposure to n-3 but not n-6 high-fat diets.

Exposure to an imbalance of nutrients prior to conception and during critical developmental periods can have lasting consequences on physiological processes resulting in chronic diseases later in life. Developmental programming has been shown to involve structural and functional changes in important...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Luijten, Amar V Singh, Caleb A Bastian, Anja Westerman, M Michele Pisano, Jeroen L A Pennings, Aart Verhoef, Maia L Green, Aldert H Piersma, Annemieke de Vries, Thomas B Knudsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3567116?pdf=render