Female mice exposed to low doses of dioxin during pregnancy and lactation have increased susceptibility to diet-induced obesity and diabetes

• Main Authors: Myriam P. Hoyeck (Author), Rayanna C. Merhi (Author), Hannah L. Blair (Author), C. Duncan Spencer (Author), Mikayla A. Payant (Author), Diana I. Martin Alfonso (Author), Melody Zhang (Author), Geronimo Matteo (Author), Melissa J. Chee (Author), Jennifer E. Bruin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Exposure to persistent organic pollutants is consistently associated with increased diabetes risk in humans. We investigated the short- and long-term impact of transient low-dose dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, TCDD) exposure during pregnancy and lactation on glucose homeosta...