author keywords: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; developmental toxicology; epigenetics; cadmium; genomic imprinting; developmental programming

MeSH headings : Mice; Animals; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / genetics; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / metabolism; Cadmium; Cadmium Chloride / toxicity; PPAR gamma; Liver / metabolism; Fibrosis

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that developmental Cd exposure is sufficient to program NAFLD in later life, and Zac1 and the IGN are established as key regulators of prosteatotic and profibrotic pathways, two of the major pathological hallmarks ofNAFLD. (via Semantic Scholar)