In utero and lactational exposure to blueberry via maternal diet promotes mammary epithelial differentiation in prepubescent female rats

A maternal high-fat diet during pregnanc

A maternal high-fat diet during pregnancy in rats results in a greater risk of carcinogen-induced mammary tumors in the female offspring than exposure to a high-fat diet in postnatal life

✍ Chung-Yu Lo; Pei-Hsuan Hsieh; Hui-Feng Chen; Hui-Min Su 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 180 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract The association between a high‐fat diet and breast cancer risk is controversial. We hypothesized that the exposure of rats to a high‐fat diet __in utero__ __via__ the maternal diet would result in a greater risk of carcinogen‐induced mammary tumors than high‐fat diet exposure in postnat