American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 3 , Pages 281.e1-281.e9 , September 2009

A maternal high-fat diet is accompanied by alterations in the fetal primate metabolome

Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26-31, 2009.

  • James Cox, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Metabolomics Core Research Facility, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Sarah Williams, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR
    • ,
  • Kevin Grove, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR
    • ,
  • Robert H. Lane, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Kjersti M. Aagaard-Tillery, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Received 21 February 2009 ,Revised 22 April 2009 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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 Support for this work was provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director New Innovator Pioneer Award DP21DP2OD001500-01 (K.A.T.), and NIH Grants 1R01DK080558 (R.H.L. and K.A.T.), DK60685-0351 (K.L.G.), 1R01DK079194 (K.L.G.), and RR00163 (K.L.G.-ONPRC).

 Cite this article as: Cox J, Williams S, Grove K, et al. A maternal high-fat diet is accompanied by alterations in the fetal primate metabolome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:281.e1-9.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00685-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.041

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 3 , Pages 281.e1-281.e9 , September 2009

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