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High-fat diets exaggerate endocrine and metabolic phenotypes in a rat model of DHEA-induced PCOS.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) - 1 Apr 2016
Zhang Haolin, Yi Ming, Zhang Yan, Jin Hongyan, Zhang Wenxin, Yang Jingjing, Yan Liying, Li Rong, Zhao Yue, Qiao Jie
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine and metabolic disorder with unclear etiology and unsatisfactory management. Effects of diets on the phenotype of PCOS were not fully understood. In the present study, we applied 45 and 60% high-fat diets (HFDs) on a rat model of PCOS induced by postnatal DHEA injection. We found that both DHEA and DHEA+HFDs rats exhibited reproductive abnormalities,...
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