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Maternal Metformin Treatment during Gestation and Lactation Improves Skeletal Muscle Development in Offspring of Rat Dams Fed High-Fat Diet.
Nutrients - 28 Sept 2021
Cui Jiaqi, Song Lin, Wang Rui, Hu Shuyuan, Yang Zhao, Zhang Zengtie, Sun Bo, Cui Wei
Abstract excerpt
Maternal high-fat (HF) diet is associated with offspring metabolic disorder. This study intended to determine whether maternal metformin (MT) administration during gestation and lactation prevents the effect of maternal HF diet on offspring's skeletal muscle (SM) development and metabolism. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups according to maternal diet {CHOW (11.8% fat) or HF (60% fat)} and...
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