Offspring sex affects the susceptibility to maternal smoking-induced lung inflammation and the effect of maternal antioxidant supplementation in mice

• Main Authors: Baoming Wang (Author), Yik Lung Chan (Author), Shengyu Zhou (Author), Sonia Saad (Author), Hui Chen (Author), Brian G Oliver (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cigarette smoke exposure (SE) during pregnancy is the largest modifiable risk factor for the development of lung disorders in offspring. We have previously shown that maternal L-Carnitine treatment can reduce the adverse impacts of maternal SE on renal and brain disorders in offs...