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ArticleNutrients2017

The Effects of Myo-Inositol and B and D Vitamin Supplementation in the db/+ Mouse Model of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

Jasmine F Plows, Florence Budin, Rebecka A M Andersson, Valerie J Mills, Katherine Mace, Sandra T Davidge, Mark H Vickers, Philip N Baker, Irma Silva-Zolezzi, Joanna L Stanley

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Article in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Jasmine F PlowsLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland 1021, New Zealand. jasmine.plows@auckland.ac.nz.
Florence BudinNestle Research Center, Lausanne 1000, Switzerland. florence.budin@rdls.nestle.com.
Rebecka A M AnderssonLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland 1021, New Zealand. reban468@student.liu.se.
Valerie J MillsLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland 1021, New Zealand. valeriejeanmills@gmail.com.
Katherine MaceNestle Research Center, Lausanne 1000, Switzerland. catherine.mace@rdls.nestle.com.
Sandra T DavidgeUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada. sandra.davidge@ualberta.ca.
Mark H VickersLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland 1021, New Zealand. m.vickers@auckland.ac.nz.
Philip N BakerLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland 1021, New Zealand. philip.baker@leicester.ac.uk.
Irma Silva-ZolezziNestle Research Center, Lausanne 1000, Switzerland. irma.silvazolezzi@rdls.nestle.com.
Joanna L StanleyLiggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland 1021, New Zealand. j.stanley@auckland.ac.nz.
University of Auckland · NZNestlé (Switzerland) · CHUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Leicester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a growing concern, affecting an increasing number of pregnant women worldwide. By predisposing both the affected mothers and children to future disease, GDM contributes to an intergenerational cycle of obesity and diabetes. In order to stop this cycle, safe and effective treatments for GDM are required. This study sought to determine the treatment effects of dietary supplementation with myo-inositol (MI) and vitamins B2, B6, B12, and D in a mouse model of GDM (pregnant db/+ dams). In addition, the individual effects of vitamin B2 were examined. Suboptimal B2 increased body weight and fat deposition, decreased GLUT4 adipose tissue expression, and increased expression of inflammatory markers. MI supplementation reduced weight and fat deposition, and reduced expression of inflammatory markers in adipose tissue of mice on suboptimal B2. MI also significantly reduced the hyperleptinemia observed in db/+ mice, when combined with supplemented B2. MI was generally associated with adipose tissue markers of improved insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake, while the combination of vitamins B2, B6, B12, and D was associated with a reduction in adipose inflammatory marker expression. These results suggest that supplementation with MI and vitamin B2 could be beneficial for the treatment/prevention of GDM.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsAdipose TissueAnimalsDiabetes, GestationalDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDisease Models, AnimalFemaleInflammation MediatorsInositolMicePregnancyRiboflavinVitamin DVitaminsInflammation MediatorsInositolRiboflavinVitamin DVitaminsB12B2B6Ddb/+db/dbgestational diabetesLepRmicemyo-inositolRiboflavin

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PMID28212289
PMCPMC5331572
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