Influence of abnormally high leptin levels during pregnancy on metabolic phenotypes in progeny mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Makarova, Elena N ^a   Chepeleva, Elena V ^a   Panchenko, Polina E ^a   Bazhan, Nadezhda M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; High fat diet; Leptin; Mice; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; LIPID DIET; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WEANING;

DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING; HIGH-FAT DIET; LEPTIN; MICE; PREGNANCY;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84889594931     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00162.2013     Document Type: Article

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