Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder with a high prevalence worldwide. Animal
models of diabetes represent an important tool in diabetes investigation that helps us to …

The renaissance of the laboratory rabbit as a reproductive model for human health is closely
related to the growing evidence of periconceptional metabolic programming and its …

Background Airborne pollution is a rising concern in urban areas. Epidemiological studies in
humans and animal experiments using rodent models indicate that gestational exposure to …

STUDY QUESTION How does a maternal diabetic hyperadiponectineamia affect signal
transduction and lipid metabolism in rabbit preimplantation blastocysts? SUMMARY …

The dwarf phenotype characterizes the smallest of rabbit breeds and is governed largely by
the effects of a single dwarfing allele with an incompletely dominant effect on growth. Dwarf …

Tight metabolic control of type-1 diabetes is essential during gestation, but it could be crucial
during the periconception period. Feto-placental consequences of maternal type-1 diabetes …

In order to understand how in vitro culture affects embryonic quality, we analyzed survival
and global gene expression in bovine blastocysts after exposure to increased oxidative …

Aim Maternal diabetes adversely retards the development of preimplantation embryos.
Quercetin is a flavonoid belonging to phytoestrogens family and may be useful in treatment …

During pregnancy an adequate amino acid supply is essential for embryo development and
fetal growth. We have studied amino acid composition and branched chain amino acid …

The food contaminant tributyltin (TBT) is an endocrine disrupting compound (EDC)
promoting adipogenic differentiation in vitro and in vivo. Although prenatal TBT exposure …