Prenatal cytokine exposure results in obesity and gender-specific programming

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 281, Issue 2 44-2, 2001, Pages

  Dahlgren, Jovanna ^a   Nilsson, Cecilia ^a,b   Jennische, Eva ^a   Ho, Hoi Por ^a   Eriksson, Elias ^a   Niklasson, Aimon ^a   Björntorp, Per ^a,b   Wikland, Kerstin Albertsson ^a   Holmäng, Agneta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Intrauterine exposure

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPERANDROGENISM; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034889148     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.2.e326     Document Type: Article

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