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CellWell record HH-235629

Maternal Western diet alters milk leptin levels and early postnatal leptin handling in rat offspring

Pere Bibiloni; Rita de Matteis; Juana Sánchez; Catalina Picó

2026

In plain language

In rats, a maternal Western-style diet was associated with higher milk and blood leptin in dams, yet pups showed no measurable rise in gastric leptin content or circulating leptin.

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Design
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