Do amniotic fluid stem cells prevent development of ascites in a neonatal rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis?
Gavage feeding and undernutrition severely affect growth in this model of NEC. Administration of AFS cells result in lower incidence of ascites than in PBS rats. This could explain the differences in body weight between the two groups of rats that were killed. Furthermore, studies on liver function and fluid composition are needed to investigate our speculation.
In an elderly Dutch population, higher dairy consumption was not associated with lower weight or more favorable levels of components of the metabolic syndrome, except for a modest association with lower blood pressure.