Effects of Taurine Supplementation on Hepatic Markers of Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism in Mothers and Offspring in the Setting of Maternal Obesity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Li, Minglan ^a   Reynolds, Clare M ^a   Sloboda, Deborah M ^a,b   Gray, Clint ^a   Vickers, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; TAURINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RANDOMIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; TAURINE;

EID: 84885709864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076961     Document Type: Article

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