Marginal Maternal Zinc Deficiency Produces Liver Damage and Altered Zinc Transporter Expression in Offspring Male Rats.

GÜMÜŞ, Meltem | GÜLBAHÇE-MUTLU, Elif | ÜNAL, Ömer | BALTACI, Saltuk Buğra | ÜNLÜKAL, Nejat | MOĞULKOÇ, Rasim | BALTACI, Abdülkerim Kasım

The aim of this study was to investigate how zinc deficiency and supplementation affect liver markers including autotaxin, kallistatin, endocan, and zinc carrier proteins ZIP14 and ZnT9 in rats exposed to maternal zinc deficiency. Additionally, the study aimed to assess liver tissue damage through histological examination. A total of forty male pups were included in the research, with thirty originating from mothers who were given a zinc-deficient diet (Groups 1, 2, and 3), and the remaining ten born to mothers fed a standard diet (Group 4). Subsequently, Group 1 was subjected to a zinc-defici ...Daha fazlası