Your Mother's High Fat Diet May Contribute To Your Impaired Liver Function as Adult Says New Study

Title: Maternal high-fat feeding primes steatohepatitis in adult mice offspring, involving mitochondrial dysfunction and altered lipogenesis gene expression

Summary: "Maternal fat intake contributes toward the NAFLD progression in adult offspring, which is mediated through impaired hepatic mitochondrial metabolism and up-regulated hepatic lipogenesis."


Citation: Bruce, K. D., Cagampang, F. R., Argenton, M., Zhang, J., Ethirajan, P. L., Burdge, G. C., Bateman, A. C., Clough, G. F., Poston, L., Hanson, M. A., McConnell, J. M., and Byrne, C. D. (2009). Maternal high-fat feeding primes steatohepatitis in adult mice offspring, involving mitochondrial dysfunction and altered lipogenesis gene expression. Hepatology, 9999(9999):NA+. http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/5917857