Placental function in maternal obesity

AC Kelly, TL Powell, T Jansson - Clinical Science, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Maternal obesity is associated with pregnancy complications and increases the risk for the
infant to develop obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life. However, the …

Environment and gene association with obesity and their impact on neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases

MT Flores-Dorantes, YE Díaz-López… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Obesity is a multifactorial disease in which environmental conditions and several genes play
an important role in the development of this disease. Obesity is associated with …

Obesity-induced inflammation exacerbates clonal hematopoiesis

SK Pasupuleti, B Ramdas, SS Burns… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Characterized by the accumulation of somatic mutations in blood cell lineages, clonal
hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is frequent in aging and involves the …

Overweight and obesity in pregnancy: their impact on epigenetics

C Reichetzeder - European journal of clinical nutrition, 2021 - nature.com
Over the last few decades, the prevalence of obesity has risen to epidemic proportions
worldwide. Consequently, the number of obesity in pregnancy has risen drastically …

Maternal obesity influences expression and DNA methylation of the adiponectin and leptin systems in human third-trimester placenta

P Nogues, E Dos Santos, H Jammes, P Berveiller… - Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
Background It is well established that obesity is associated with dysregulation of the ratio
between the two major adipokines leptin and adiponectin. Furthermore, it was recently …

Neurodevelopmental programming of adiposity: contributions to obesity risk

AA Skowronski, RL Leibel, CA LeDuc - Endocrine Reviews, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This review analyzes the published evidence regarding maternal factors that influence the
developmental programming of long-term adiposity in humans and animals via the central …

Epigenetics and pregnancy: conditional snapshot or rolling event

M Andrawus, L Sharvit, G Atzmon - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epigenetics modification such as DNA methylation can affect maternal health during the
gestation period. Furthermore, pregnancy can drive a range of physiological and molecular …

Maternal obesity increases the risk of metabolic disease and impacts renal health in offspring

SJ Glastras, H Chen, CA Pollock, S Saad - Bioscience reports, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Obesity, together with insulin resistance, promotes multiple metabolic abnormalities and is
strongly associated with an increased risk of chronic disease including type 2 diabetes …

Human placental methylome in the interplay of adverse placental health, environmental exposure, and pregnancy outcome

A Vlahos, T Mansell, R Saffery, B Novakovic - PLoS Genetics, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The placenta is the interface between maternal and fetal circulations, integrating maternal
and fetal signals to selectively regulate nutrient, gas, and waste exchange, as well as …

Placental DNA methylation changes associated with maternal prepregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain

D Shrestha, M Ouidir, T Workalemahu, X Zeng… - International Journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Background Maternal obesity prior to or during pregnancy influences fetal growth,
predisposing the offspring to increased risk for obesity across the life course. Placental …