Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8674177 | Molecular Metabolism | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Exposure to states of both under- and over-nutrition during early life predisposes both sexes to develop metabolic disease. Females seem particularly susceptible to develop increased adiposity and disrupted glucose homeostasis as a result of exposure to in utero undernutrition or high sugar environments, respectively. The male placenta is particularly vulnerable to damage by adverse nutritional states and this may underlie some of the metabolic phenotypes observed in adulthood. More studies investigating both sexes are needed to understand how changes to the early life environment impact differently on the long-term health of male and female individuals.
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Authors
Laura Dearden, Sebastien G. Bouret, Susan E. Ozanne,