Maternal obesity attenuates predelivery inflammatory reaction in C57BL/6N mice

Autor: Maria Wohlfarth, Merle Schulze-Edinghausen, Kai-Dietrich Nüsken, Jörg Dötsch, Malte Heykants, Esther Mahabir, Sarah Appel, Sarah Storck, Ruth Janoschek, Tobias Kretschmer, Marion Handwerk, Inga Bae-Gartz, Eva Hucklenbruch-Rother
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of reproductive immunology. 122
ISSN: 1872-7603
Popis: Inflammation and oxidative stress are known to increase before labour. Whether gonadal white adipose tissue (gWAT) participates in this process and whether labour-related processes in placental and adipose tissue are altered in obese women is unknown. In our mouse model, lean mice display elevated placental inflammation and oxidative stress towards the end of pregnancy, accompanied by an increased expression of pro-inflammatory factors in gWAT. Obese mice also display elevated levels of pro-inflammatory factors and oxidative stress in placentas shortly before birth. However, placental infiltration with leukocytes and an increase in gWAT pro-inflammatory factor expression in obese dams are lacking.
Databáze: OpenAIRE