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From: Prenatal dexamethasone and postnatal high-fat diet have a synergistic effect of elevating blood pressure through a distinct programming mechanism of systemic and adipose renin–angiotensin systems

Fig. 3

Effects of prenatal DEX exposure (DEX), postnatal HF diet (VHF), and prenatal DEX exposure plus postnatal HF diet (DHF) on systolic blood pressure. Blood pressure was measured in conscious rats by an indirect tail-cuff method at 6 months of age. N = 4–6/group. A two-way ANOVA was used to evaluate the effect of prenatal DEX (Hit 1) and postnatal HF diet (Hit 2) and their interaction effect (Hit 1 x Hit 2). *compared with VEH, p < 0.05; #compared with DEX, p < 0.05; §compared with VHF, p < 0.05. Abbreviations: VEH, vehicle; DEX, prenatal dexamethasone exposure; VHF, postnatal high-fat diet exposure; DHF, prenatal dexamethasone exposure plus postnatal high-fat diet; SBP, systolic blood pressure

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Lipids in Health and Disease

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