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Characterisation of the Paternal Influence on Intergenerational Offspring Cardiac and Brain Lipid Homeostasis in Mice (2023)
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Furse, S., Morgan, H. L., Koulman, A., & Watkins, A. J. (2023). Characterisation of the Paternal Influence on Intergenerational Offspring Cardiac and Brain Lipid Homeostasis in Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(3), Article 1814. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24031814

There is growing evidence that poor paternal diet at the time of conception increase the risk of offspring developing a range of non-communicable metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, in adulthood. We hypothesise t... Read More about Characterisation of the Paternal Influence on Intergenerational Offspring Cardiac and Brain Lipid Homeostasis in Mice.

Parental Programming of Offspring Health: The Intricate Interplay between Diet, Environment, Reproduction and Development (2022)
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Batra, V., Norman, E., Morgan, H. L., & Watkins, A. J. (2022). Parental Programming of Offspring Health: The Intricate Interplay between Diet, Environment, Reproduction and Development. Biomolecules, 12(9), Article 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12091289

As adults, our health can be influenced by a range of lifestyle and environmental factors, increasing the risk for developing a series of non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Over the past few decades, our und... Read More about Parental Programming of Offspring Health: The Intricate Interplay between Diet, Environment, Reproduction and Development.

Paternal low protein diet perturbs inter-generational metabolic homeostasis in a tissue-specific manner in mice (2022)
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Morgan, H. L., Furse, S., Dias, I. H. K., Shabir, K., Castellanos, M., Khan, I., …Watkins, A. J. (2022). Paternal low protein diet perturbs inter-generational metabolic homeostasis in a tissue-specific manner in mice. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article 929. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03914-8

The underlying mechanisms driving paternally-programmed metabolic disease in offspring remain poorly defined. We fed male C57BL/6 mice either a control normal protein diet (NPD; 18% protein) or an isocaloric low protein diet (LPD; 9% protein) for a m... Read More about Paternal low protein diet perturbs inter-generational metabolic homeostasis in a tissue-specific manner in mice.

Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming (2021)
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Eid, N., Morgan, H. L., & Watkins, A. J. (2021). Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665121003736

The association between maternal metabolic status at the time of conception and subsequent embryogenesis and offspring development has been studied in detail. However, less attention has been given to the significance of paternal nutrition and metabo... Read More about Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming.

Paternal low protein diet and the supplementation of methyl-donors impact fetal growth and placental development in mice (2020)
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Morgan, H. L., Aljumah, A., Rouillon, C., & Watkins, A. J. (2021). Paternal low protein diet and the supplementation of methyl-donors impact fetal growth and placental development in mice. Placenta, 103, 124-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2020.10.020

Introduction Paternal low-protein diet can alter sperm methylation status, fetal growth and program offspring ill-health, however its impact on the placenta remains poorly defined. Here we examine the influence paternal low-protein diet has on fetal... Read More about Paternal low protein diet and the supplementation of methyl-donors impact fetal growth and placental development in mice.

Low protein diet and methyl-donor supplements modify testicular physiology in mice (2020)
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Morgan, H. L., Ampong, I., Eid, N., Rouillon, C., Griffiths, H. R., & Watkins, A. J. (2020). Low protein diet and methyl-donor supplements modify testicular physiology in mice. Reproduction, 159(5), 627-641. https://doi.org/10.1530/rep-19-0435

The link between male diet and sperm quality has received significant investigation. However, the impact diet and dietary supplements have on the testicular environment has been examined to a lesser extent. Here, we establish the impact of a sub-opti... Read More about Low protein diet and methyl-donor supplements modify testicular physiology in mice.

Paternal diet impairs F1 and F2 offspring vascular function through sperm and seminal plasma specific mechanisms in mice (2019)
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Morgan, H. L., Paganopoulou, P., Akhtar, S., Urquhart, N., Philomin, R., Dickinson, Y., & Watkins, A. J. (2020). Paternal diet impairs F1 and F2 offspring vascular function through sperm and seminal plasma specific mechanisms in mice. Journal of Physiology, 598(4), 699-715. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp278270

Although the impact of maternal diet on adult offspring health is well characterized, the role that a father's diet has on his offspring's health remains poorly defined. We establish the significance of a sup-optimal paternal low protein diet for off... Read More about Paternal diet impairs F1 and F2 offspring vascular function through sperm and seminal plasma specific mechanisms in mice.

The influence of seminal plasma on offspring development and health (2019)
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Morgan, H. L., & Watkins, A. J. (2020). The influence of seminal plasma on offspring development and health. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 97, 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.06.008

The concept that a father’s wellbeing at the time of conception influences the development and long-term health of his offspring is now well established. However, the mechanisms underlying the paternal programming of offspring health are not fully de... Read More about The influence of seminal plasma on offspring development and health.

Quantum dot labelling of adenovirus allows for highly sensitive single cell flow and imaging cytometry (2015)
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Herod, M. R., Pineda, R. G., Mautner, V., & Onion, D. (2015). Quantum dot labelling of adenovirus allows for highly sensitive single cell flow and imaging cytometry. Small, 11(7), https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201401885

A quantum dot method for highly efficient labelling of single adenoviral particles is developed. The technique has no impact on viral fitness and allows the imaging and tracking of virus binding and internalisation events using a variety of technique... Read More about Quantum dot labelling of adenovirus allows for highly sensitive single cell flow and imaging cytometry.