Maternal Hypercholesterolemia Associated with Nicotine Exposure in Adulthood May Induce Kidney Injury in Male Rats if Hypomagnesemia Occurs

• Main Authors: Claudia M.B. Helou (Author), Rildo A. Volpini (Author), Mirela A.R. Santinho (Author), Fabricio L. Fonseca (Author), André L. Simião (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Maternal hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor to renal injury in rat pups at adulthood, especially if they feed a cholesterol-enriched diet after weaning. However, the renal function of male pups of dams with hypercholesterolemia (PH) that were fed a regular chow from weaning to ad...