Maternal High-Fat Diet Induces Sex- and Estrous Cycle-Specific Glial Dysregulation in the Peripheral Offspring Retina
Gintare Urbonaite, Patricija Cepauskyte, Neda Ieva Biliute, Guoda Laurinavičiūtė, Daiva Dabkevičienė, S. Samulenaite, Urtė Neniškytė
This study shows that maternal high-fat diet causes sex- and estrous cycle-specific changes in glial cells of offspring retinas, affecting microglial activity and Muller glial reactivity.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · Aug 7, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience