Pro-Opiomelanocortin
Findings from Oregon Health and Science University Provide New Insights into Pro-Opiomelanocortin
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 25th, 2011
2011 APR 25 -- New research, 'Changes in melanocortin expression and inflammatory pathways in fetal offspring of nonhuman primates fed a high-fat diet,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Beaverton, United States, "The hypothalamic melanocortin system, which controls appetite and energy expenditure, develops during the third trimester in primates. Thus, maternal nutrition and health may have a profound influence on the development of this system."
"To study the effects of chronic maternal high-fat diet (HFD) on the development of the melanocortin system in the fetal nonhuman primate, we placed adult female macaques on either a control...
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