Persistent influence of maternal obesity on offspring health: Mechanisms from animal models and clinical studies

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 435, Issue , 2016, Pages 7-19

  Wankhade, Umesh D ^a,b   Thakali, Keshari M ^a,b   Shankar, Kartik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Development programming; Epigenetics; Maternal obesity; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID DIET; MACRONUTRIENT; MATERNAL OBESITY; MICROBIOME; MOUSE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84989845018     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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