Does maternal caffeine administration lead to adverse effects on adult mice offspring?
Chronic administration of caffeine to pregnant dams led to persistent activation of local RAS in the kidney and heart of the offspring, which, in turn, leads to high BP and adverse cardiac remodeling. These findings highlight the urge to encourage pregnant women to avoid food or medicines containing caffeine.
Obesity had a negative influence on the outcome of necrotizing pancreatitis that was related to the magnitude of the pancreatic insult. The sodium taurocholate model in obese rats would be useful for future mechanistic studies of the effect of obesity on pancreatitis.