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ReviewMolecular and cellular endocrinology2016

Drosophila melanogaster: An emerging model of transgenerational effects of maternal obesity.

Rita T Brookheart, Jennifer G Duncan

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Review in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transgenerational Impact of Environmental Change.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  4. Paternal Western diet causes transgenerational increase in food consumption in Drosophila with parallel alterations in the offspring brain proteome and microRNAs.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2023
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  11. Ancestral diet transgenerationally influences offspring in a parent-of-origin and sex-specific manner.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rita T BrookheartDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Jennifer G DuncanDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: duncan_j@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Brian N Finck · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
WU P&FP30DK020579 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Irfan J Lodhi · 2013 to 2026
$27.1M
DIABETES &RELATED METABOLIC DISEASEST32DK007120 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MARCO COLONNA, Maria Sara Remedi · 1986 to 2026
$15.7M
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CAREERS IN WOMEN'S HEALTHK12HD001459 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SEMENKOVICH, CLAY F. · 2000 to 2014
$6.9M
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD001459NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020579NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of obesity in the world is endemic with one rapidly growing health concern being maternal obesity. Obesity during pregnancy increases the risk of gestational diabetes, miscarriage, and preeclampsia, while rendering offspring susceptible to developmental anomalies and long-term metabolic complications including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Several studies in humans and rodents demonstrate a correlation between the risks of maternal overnutrition and factors such as epigenetics, mitochondrial dysfunction, insulin resistance, ER stress, and immune system disruption. At present, the molecular mechanisms connecting these factors to maternal obesity are unknown. This review focuses on the use of Drosophila melanogaster to study human metabolic diseases, including obesity, and its emerging use to elucidate the mechanisms of maternal overnutrition and the impact on offspring.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalFetal DevelopmentInsulin ResistanceAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterFemaleHumansMetabolic DiseasesObesityPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsPrevalenceDiabetesDrosophilaMitochondriaNutritional programmingObesityPregnancy

Identifiers

PMID26687062
PMCPMC4903087
OpenAlexW2193468915

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