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Title:

A mother's influence on metabolic disorders.

Document type:
Comment; Journal Article; Editorial Material
Author(s):
Schwartz, Michael W; Tschöp, Matthias; Zeltser, Lori M
Abstract:
Human epidemiological studies have revealed that maternal obesity predisposes offspring to metabolic disorders, though little is known about the mechanism that causes this phenomenon. In a step forward, Vogt et al. have shown in mice that the offspring of mothers fed a high-fat diet during lactation show an alteration in the number of projections in nerves in the hypothalamus in the brain and in the pancreas. These offspring are predisposed to be obese and develop diabetes, and the mechanism by...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Nat Med
Year:
2014
Journal volume:
20
Journal issue:
3
Pages contribution:
244-5
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1038/nm.3502
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24603795
Print-ISSN:
1078-8956
TUM Institution:
Kliniken und Institute
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