Maternal vitamin D deficiency affects the morphology and function of glycolytic muscle in adult offspring rats

• Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 2175 - 2187
• Main Authors: Reis, Natany G., Assis, Ana P., Lautherbach, Natália, Gonçalves, Dawit A., Silveira, Wilian A., Morgan, Henrique J.N., Valentim, Rafael R., Almeida, Lucas F., Heck, Lilian C., Zanon, Neusa M., Koike, Tatiana E., Santos, Audrei R., Miyabara, Elen H., Kettelhut, Isis C., Navegantes, Luiz C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Animals; Diet; Fetal programming; Fetuses; Fluorides; Gene expression; Histology; Hormones; Hypertrophy; Metabolites; Muscle development; Musculoskeletal system; Original; Protein synthesis; Proteins; Rodents; Skeletal muscle; Sodium; Vitamin D; Vitamin deficiency; Weaning; United States > US; Fiji; Muscle development; Vitamin D; Fetal programming; Skeletal muscle; Hypertrophy

Background Fetal stage is a critical developmental window for the skeletal muscle, but little information is available about the impact of maternal vitamin D (Vit. D) deficiency (VDD) on offspring lean mass development in the adult life of male and female animals. Methods Female rats (Wistar Hannove...