Recent Study Finds Why High-fat Diet Increases Pre-eclampsia Risk

Scientists in a recent study have found why high-fat diet increases the risk of preeclampsia-like syndromes such as hypertension and proteinuria.

Simultaneously, metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 mRNA and protein expressions were upregulated in the rat hippocampus.

These findings indicate that increased expression of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 promotes the occurrence of high-fat diet-induced preeclampsia in pregnant rats.

Therefore, the control of fat intake is significant for the prevention of pregnancy-induced eclampsia.

The study has been published in the Neural Regeneration Research.

Source: ANI