Maternal Low-Grade Chronic Inflammation and Intrauterine Programming of Health and Disease.
Int J Mol Sci
; 22(4)2021 Feb 09.
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ABSTRACT
Overweight and obesity during pregnancy have been associated with increased birth weight, childhood obesity, and noncommunicable diseases in the offspring, leading to a vicious transgenerational perpetuating of metabolic derangements. Key components in intrauterine developmental programming still remain to be identified. Obesity involves chronic low-grade systemic inflammation that, in addition to physiological adaptations to pregnancy, may potentially expand to the placental interface and lead to intrauterine derangements with a threshold effect. Animal models, where maternal inflammation is mimicked by single injections with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) resembling the obesity-induced immune profile, showed increased adiposity and impaired metabolic homeostasis in the offspring, similar to the phenotype observed after exposure to maternal obesity. Cytokine levels might be specifically important for the metabolic imprinting, as cytokines are transferable from maternal to fetal circulation and have the capability to modulate placental nutrient transfer. Maternal inflammation may induce metabolic reprogramming at several levels, starting from the periconceptional period with effects on the oocyte going through early stages of embryonic and placental development. Given the potential to reduce inflammation through inexpensive, widely available therapies, examinations of the impact of chronic inflammation on reproductive and pregnancy outcomes, as well as preventive interventions, are now needed.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Efectos Tardíos de la Exposición Prenatal
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Desarrollo Infantil
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Desarrollo Fetal
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Obesidad Infantil
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Obesidad Materna
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Animals
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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En
Revista:
Int J Mol Sci
Año:
2021
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Article
País de afiliación:
Italia