Neonatal leptin treatment reverses the bone-suppressive effects of maternal undernutrition in adult rat offspring
Abstract Alterations in the early life environment, including maternal undernutrition (UN) during pregnancy, can lead to increased risk of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders in offspring. Leptin treatment of neonates born to UN rats reverses the programmed metabolic phenotype, but the possible b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07500-5 |