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Parental diabetes: the Akita mouse as a model of the effects of maternal and paternal hyperglycemia in wildtype offspring.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Grasemann Corinna, Devlin Maureen J, Rzeczkowska Paulina A, Herrmann Ralf, Horsthemke Bernhard, Hauffa Berthold P, Grynpas Marc, Alm Christina, Bouxsein Mary L, Palmert Mark R
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AIM/HYPOTHESIS: Maternal diabetes and high-fat feeding during pregnancy have been linked to later life outcomes in offspring. To investigate the effects of both maternal and paternal hyperglycemia on offspring phenotypes, we utilized an autosomal dominant mouse model of diabetes (hypoinsulinemic hyperglycemia in Akita mice). We determined metabolic and skeletal phenotypes in wildtype offspring of Akita mothers...
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