When two obese parents are worse than one! Impacts on embryo and fetal development

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 309, Issue 6, 2015, Pages E568-E581

  McPherson, N O ^a,b,c   Bell, V G ^a,b,c   Zander Fox, D L ^a,c   Fullston, T ^a   Wu, L L ^a   Robker, R L ^a   Lane, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Repromed   (Australia)

^d Monash In Vitro Fertilisation Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo; Fertility; Infertility; Obesity; Oocyte; Sperm

Indexed keywords

FAT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID DIET; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84941671309     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00230.2015     Document Type: Article

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