Maternalsmoking during pregnancy is known to increase the risk of obesity in offspring
later in life
The
scientists found that babies born to mothers who smoked while pregnant have
increased tissue levels of a protein called chemerin, which is produced by fat
cells and appears to play a role in energy storage.
Pearson
and colleagues aim to carry out further studies to see whether their findings
can be replicated in female offspring, potentially using cells from umbilical
cord as the test tissue. They also hope to study the effects of smoke exposure
during pregnancy in engineered mice lacking either chemerin or its receptor.
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