Non-Genetic Transmission of Obesity - It%26apos;s in Your Epigenes

作者:Loche Elena; Ozanne Susan E
来源:Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2016, 27(6): 349-350.
DOI:10.1016/j.tem.2016.04.003

摘要

Obesity and its related metabolic comorbidities can be inherited across generations through non genetic mechanisms. In a recent report, Huypens et al., using an in vitro fertilization approach, provide evidence that exposure to a high-fat diet modifies egg and sperm epigenetic information, rendering the progeny more prone to obesity.

  • 出版日期2016-6

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