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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Baixada Santista. Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade (ISS) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Laís Vales Mennitti in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Global incidence of obesity and its associated diseases has been increasing dramatically in recent decades, including among women of reproductive age. Maternal nutritional status and dietary patterns have been strongly associated with the risk for the development of metabolic disorders in the offspring throughout life, likely due to the foetal programming and epigenetic regulation. In thi…
Maternal intake of different dietary fatty acids during pregnancy and lactation seems to modify the fetal "programming", epigenetic pattern and individual phenotype, influencing in the offspring susceptibility to the development of metabolic diseases. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to evaluate the epigenetic modifications and pro-inflammatory status of fetus and 21-d-old offsp…
Maternal obesity during pregnancy and/or lactation is associated with an increased risk of obesity and related metabolic disorders including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the offspring throughout life. Molecular mechanisms associated with maternal obesity and onset of the NAFLD in the offspring, are still not completely understood. Recently, several groups are studying the …
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