Prenatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide results in local RAS activation in the adipose tissue of rat offspring.

Prenatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide results in local RAS activation in the adipose tissue of rat offspring.

BACKGROUND: Adult metabolic syndrome may originate in part during fetal or early life. This study was designed to investigate the effects of prenatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on adipose development and local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) activation in rat offspring. METHODS: Pregnant ra...

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Main Authors: Meng Gao, Xingxing Zhang, Xin Chen, Cunyun Mi, Yujie Tang, Jianzhi Zhou, Xiaohui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4216013?pdf=render

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