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  1. Effects of Whey Protein Supplementation on Body Composition, Muscular Strength, and Cardiometabolic Health in Older Adults: A Systematic Review with Pairwise Meta-Analysis

    Article • Healthcare, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  2. Comparative Efficacy of Exercise Type on Visceral Adipose Tissue in Patients With Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review With Pairwise and Network Meta‐Analyses

    Article • Obesity Reviews, October 2025, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  3. The Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Inflammatory Markers in Adults: A Systematic Review and Pairwise and Network Meta-Analyses

    Article • Nutrients, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  4. Comparative Efficacy of Different Exercise Modes on Inflammatory Markers in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review With Pairwise and Network Meta‐Analyses

    Article • Obesity Reviews, June 2025, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  5. Systematic review and meta‐analysis of the effect of exercise training on asprosin in randomized controlled trials

    Article • Physiological Reports, June 2025, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  6. The Effects of Concurrent Training Versus Aerobic or Resistance Training Alone on Body Composition in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Healthcare, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  7. The Effects of Exercise Training on Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Healthcare, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  8. Effect of FTO genotype on exercise training and diet-indued weight loss in overweight and obese adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  9. The effects of intermittent fasting on body composition and cardiometabolic health in adults with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Article • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, July 2024, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  10. The effects of exercise training on circulating adhesion molecules in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • PLOS One, October 2023, PLOS

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  11. Cold Exposure Drives Weight Gain and Adiposity following Chronic Suppression of Brown Adipose Tissue

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  12. Semi-automated analysis of supraclavicular thermal images increases speed of brown adipose tissue analysis without increasing variation in results

    Article • Current Research in Physiology, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr James Law, Professor Michael E Symonds

  13. Reduced brown adipose tissue‐associated skin temperature following cold stimulation in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes

    Article • Pediatric Diabetes, December 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr James Law, Professor Michael E Symonds

  14. Cold‐induced beigeing of stem cell‐derived adipocytes is not fully reversible after return to normothermia

    Article • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, September 2020, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  15. Brown adipose tissue: The fat that makes you thin

    Article • Experimental Physiology, July 2020, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  16. The impact of high‐intensity interval training on inflammatory markers in metabolic disorders: A meta‐analysis

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, July 2020, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  17. The Impact of Moderate-Intensity Continuous or High-Intensity Interval Training on Adipogenesis and Browning of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in Obese Male Rats

    Article • Nutrients, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  18. Brown Adipose Tissue Response to Cold Stimulation Is Reduced in Girls With Autoimmune Hypothyroidism

    Article • Journal of the Endocrine Society, October 2019, Endocrine Society

    Dr James Law, Professor Michael E Symonds

  19. Cold exposure drives weight gain and adiposity following chronic suppression of brown adipose tissue

    Article • October 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  20. Live Simultaneous Monitoring of Mineral Deposition and Lipid Accumulation in Differentiating Stem Cells

    Article • Biomimetics, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  21. Caffeine exposure induces browning features in adipose tissue in vitro and in vivo

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr James Law, Professor Michael E Symonds

  22. Interscapular and Perivascular Brown Adipose Tissue Respond Differently to a Short-Term High-Fat Diet

    Article • Nutrients, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  23. Interscapular and Perivascular Brown Adipose Tissue Respond Differently to a Short-Term High-Fat Diet

    Article • February 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  24. Brown adipose tissue and glucose homeostasis – the link between climate change and the global rise in obesity and diabetes

    Article • Adipocyte, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael E Symonds, Mark Pope

  25. The Impact of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Weight and Gestational Diabetes on Markers of Folate Metabolism in the Placenta

    Article • Nutrients, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  26. Recent advances in our understanding of brown and beige adipose tissue: the good fat that keeps you healthy

    Article • F1000Research, July 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Michael E Symonds, Mark Pope

  27. Brown adipose tissue development and function and its impact on reproduction

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, May 2018, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds, Mark Pope, Dr James Law

  28. Measuring brown fat using heat-sensitive cameras

    Article • Temperature, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael E Symonds, Dr James Law

  29. Fat in the neck can produce heat

    Article • Endocrinology, April 2017, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds, Belinda Henry, John-Paul Fuller-Jackson, Mark Pope, Associate Professor Viv E Perry

  30. Lifetime Exposure to a Constant Environment Amplifies the Impact of a Fructose-Rich Diet on Glucose Homeostasis during Pregnancy

    Article • Nutrients, March 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  31. Beyond obesity – thermogenic adipocytes and cardiometabolic health

    Article • Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  32. Brown adipose tissue activation as measured by infrared thermography by mild anticipatory psychological stress in lean healthy females

    Article • Experimental Physiology, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr James Law, Professor Michael E Symonds

  33. Maternal Body Weight and Gestational Diabetes Differentially Influence Placental and Pregnancy Outcomes

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, January 2016, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  34. Nutrient availability, the microbiome, and intestinal transport during pregnancy

    Article • Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, November 2015, Canadian Science Publishing

    Rhonda Bell, Professor Michael E Symonds

  35. Brown adipose tissue development

    Article • Annual Review of Nutrition, July 2015, Annual Reviews

    Professor Michael E Symonds, Mark Pope

  36. Maternal health and eating habits: metabolic consequences and impact on child health

    Article • Trends in Molecular Medicine, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  37. Suboptimal maternal nutrition during early-to-mid gestation in the sheep enhances pericardial adiposity in the near-term fetus

    Article • Reproduction Fertility and Development, January 2015, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  38. Substitution of starch for palm oil during gestation: impact on offspring survival and hepatic gene expression in the pig

    Article • Reproduction Fertility and Development, January 2015, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  39. Perinatal growth and insulin resistance

    Article • November 2014, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds, Professor David S Gardner

  40. Getting rhythm: how do babies do it?

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, September 2014, BMJ

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  41. Impact of maternal dietary fat supplementation during gestation upon skeletal muscle in neonatal pigs

    Article • BMC Physiology, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  42. UCP1 is present in porcine adipose tissue and is responsive to postnatal leptin

    Article • August 2014, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  43. Sexual dimorphism in white and brown adipose tissue with obesity and inflammation

    Article • Hormones and Behavior, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  44. Public–Private Collaboration in Clinical Research During Pregnancy, Lactation, and Childhood

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, April 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  45. An evolving scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  46. Pregnancy and Infants’ Outcome: Nutritional and Metabolic Implications

    Article • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, March 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  47. Ethnicity and its effects on brown adipose tissue

    Article • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  48. Body Mass Index as a Determinant of Brown Adipose Tissue Function in Healthy Children

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  49. The influence of sex steroids on adipose tissue growth and function

    Article • Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr James Law, Professor Michael E Symonds

  50. Programming effects of FTO in the development of obesity

    Article • Acta Physiologica, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  51. Suboptimal maternal nutrition affects offspring health in adult life

    Article • Early Human Development, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  52. Excess nutrient supply in early life and its later metabolic consequences

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  53. Juvenile onset obesity reveals sex-specific differences in immune-related metabolism

    Article • Endocrinology, October 2013, Endocrine Society

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  54. Adult Epicardial Fat Exhibits Beige Features

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, September 2013, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  55. Brown adipose tissue genes in pericardial adipose tissue of newborn sheep are downregulated by maternal nutrient restriction in late gestation

    Article • Pediatric Research, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  56. Anatomical Locations of Human Brown Adipose Tissue: Functional Relevance and Implications in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • Diabetes, May 2013, American Diabetes Association

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  57. Brown adipose tissue: a new human organ?

    Article • Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  58. Prevalence and pattern of brown adipose tissue distribution of 18F-FDG in patients undergoing PET-CT in a subtropical climatic zone

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, February 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  59. The developmental transition of ovine adipose tissue through early life

    Article • Acta Physiologica, January 2013, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  60. Early Life Nutritional Programming of Obesity: Mother-Child Cohort Studies

    Article • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, January 2013, Karger Publishers

    Dr Eline Marleen van der Beek, Professor Michael E Symonds

  61. The Placental Exposome: Placental Determinants of Fetal Adiposity and Postnatal Body Composition

    Article • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, January 2013, Karger Publishers

    Professor Rohan M Lewis, Professor Michael E Symonds

  62. Brown Adipose Tissue Growth and Development

    Article • Scientifica, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  63. Epigenetics and Obesity: A Relationship Waiting to Be Explained

    Article • Human Heredity, January 2013, Karger Publishers

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  64. Suboptimal maternal nutrition during early fetal kidney development specifically promotes renal lipid accumulation following juvenile obesity in the offspring

    Article • Reproduction Fertility and Development, January 2013, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  65. How promising is thermal imaging in the quest to combat obesity?

    Article • Imaging in Medicine, December 2012, OMICS Publishing Group

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  66. Reduced Neonatal Mortality in Meishan Piglets: A Role for Hepatic Fatty Acids?

    Article • PLOS One, November 2012, PLOS

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  67. Thermal Imaging to Assess Age-Related Changes of Skin Temperature within the Supraclavicular Region Co-Locating with Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Children

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  68. The Influence of Sex on Early Stage Markers of Kidney Dysfunction in Response to Juvenile Obesity

    Article • Hypertension, October 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  69. Adipose tissue development and its potential contribution to later obesity

    Article • July 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  70. Adipose tissue development during early life: novel insights into energy balance from small and large mammals

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, June 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  71. Adipose tissue and fetal programming

    Article • Diabetologia, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  72. Adipose Tissue Biology

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  73. Programming research: where are we and where do we go from here?

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  74. The early programming of metabolic health: is epigenetic setting the missing link?

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  75. The influence of maternal protein nutrition on offspring development and metabolism: the role of glucocorticoids

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, November 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  76. Set points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity

    Article • Disease Models & Mechanisms, November 2011, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  77. Maternal Nutrient Restriction During Late Gestation and Early Postnatal Growth in Sheep Differentially Reset the Control of Energy Metabolism in the Gastric Mucosa

    Article • Endocrinology, July 2011, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  78. Adipose tissue development – Impact of the early life environment

    Article • Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, July 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  79. Homocysteine and folate plasma concentrations in mother and baby at delivery after pre-eclamptic or normotensive pregnancy: Influence of parity

    Article • Pregnancy Hypertension, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  80. The conflicting effects of maternal nutrient restriction and early-life obesity on renal health

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, January 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  81. Impact of Maternal Obesity and Diabetes on Long-Term Health of the Offspring

    Article • Experimental Diabetes Research, January 2011, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  82. The Obesity Epidemic: From the Environment to Epigenetics – Not Simply a Response to Dietary Manipulation in a Thermoneutral Environment

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, January 2011, Frontiers

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  83. Suboptimal maternal nutrition, during early fetal liver development, promotes lipid accumulation in the liver of obese offspring

    Article • Reproduction, November 2010, Bioscientifica

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  84. Metabolic imprinting, programming and epigenetics – a review of present priorities and future opportunities

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, July 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Eline Marleen van der Beek, Professor Michael E Symonds

  85. Differential expression and distribution of placental glutathione peroxidases 1, 3 and 4 in normal and preeclamptic pregnancy

    Article • Placenta, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  86. Maternal-Fetal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation

    Article • January 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  87. Dangers of dieting: what advice should be given to obese expectant mothers?

    Article • Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  88. Epigenomics – Grand Challenge: Much more than the Developmental Origins of Adult Health and Disease

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, January 2010, Frontiers

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  89. Nutritional regulation of fetal growth and implications for productive life in ruminants

    Article • animal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  90. Maternal parity and its effect on adipose tissue deposition and endocrine sensitivity in the postnatal sheep

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, November 2009, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  91. Nutritional programming of the metabolic syndrome

    Article • Nature Reviews Endocrinology, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  92. Influence of prenatal nutrition and obesity on tissue specific fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene expression

    Article • Reproduction, September 2009, Bioscientifica

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  93. Maternal nutrient restriction during early fetal kidney development attenuates the renal innate inflammatory response in obese young adult offspring

    Article • AJP Renal Physiology, September 2009, American Physiological Society

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  94. Early programming of adipose tissue function: a large-animal perspective

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, September 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  95. Influence of birth weight on gene regulators of lipid metabolism and utilization in subcutaneous adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of neonatal pigs

    Article • Reproduction, September 2009, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  96. The differential effects of the timing of maternal nutrient restriction in the ovine placenta on glucocorticoid sensitivity, uncoupling protein 2, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ and cell proliferation

    Article • Reproduction, September 2009, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  97. The impact of diet during early life and its contribution to later disease: critical checkpoints in development and their long-term consequences for metabolic health

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, September 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  98. Brown Adipose Tissue and Seasonal Variation in Humans

    Article • Diabetes, August 2009, American Diabetes Association

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  99. Adipose Tissue Inflammation: Developmental Ontogeny and Consequences of Gestational Nutrient Restriction in Offspring

    Article • Endocrinology, August 2009, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  100. Session on ‘Obesity’ Adipose tissue development, nutrition in early life and its impact on later obesity

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, June 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  101. Impact of Early Onset Obesity and Hypertension on the Unfolded Protein Response in Renal Tissues of Juvenile Sheep

    Article • Hypertension, May 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  102. Early determinants of cardiovascular disease: the role of early diet in later blood pressure control

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  103. Mathematical Modeling of Glucose Homeostasis and Its Relationship With Energy Balance and Body Fat

    Article • Obesity, April 2009, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  104. Effect of maternal nutrient restriction from early to midgestation on cardiac function and metabolism after adolescent-onset obesity

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, February 2009, American Physiological Society

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  105. Nutritional models of the developmental programming of adult health and disease

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, February 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  106. Maternal Nutrient Restriction between Early and Midgestation and Its Impact Upon Appetite Regulation after Juvenile Obesity

    Article • Endocrinology, February 2009, Endocrine Society

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  107. Tissue Specific Adaptations to Nutrient Supply: More than Just Epigenetics?

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  108. Maternal nutrient restriction during pregnancy differentially alters the unfolded protein response in adipose and renal tissue of obese juvenile offspring

    Article • The FASEB Journal, December 2008, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  109. Nutrition and its contribution to obesity and diabetes: a life-course approach to disease prevention?

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, December 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  110. Reduced Selenium Concentrations and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Preeclamptic Pregnancies

    Article • Hypertension, November 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  111. Early developmental influences on hepatic organogenesis

    Article • Organogenesis, July 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  112. Differential effects of maternal nutrient restriction through pregnancy on kidney development and later blood pressure control in the resulting offspring

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, July 2008, American Physiological Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  113. Effects of maternal cold exposure and nutrient restriction on the ghrelin receptor, the GH–IGF axis, and metabolic regulation in the postnatal ovine liver

    Article • Reproduction, May 2008, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  114. The roles of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in pregnancy, lactation and infancy: review of current knowledge and consensus recommendations

    Article • Journal of Perinatal Medicine, January 2008, De Gruyter

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  115. Ontogeny and nutritional programming of mitochondrial proteins in the ovine kidney, liver and lung

    Article • Reproduction, December 2007, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  116. Ontogeny and Nutritional Programming of the Hepatic Growth Hormone-Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Prolactin Axis in the Sheep

    Article • Endocrinology, October 2007, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  117. Nutritional manipulation between early to mid-gestation: effects on uncoupling protein-2, glucocorticoid sensitivity, IGF-I receptor and cell proliferation but not apoptosis in the ovine placenta

    Article • Reproduction, October 2007, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  118. Effect of Acute Administration of Recombinant Human Leptin during the Neonatal Period on Body Temperature and Endocrine Profile of the Piglet

    Article • Neonatology, September 2007, Karger Publishers

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  119. Maternal Nutrient Restriction is not Equivalent to Maternal Biological Stress

    Article • Current Drug Targets, August 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  120. Fetal Mechanisms That Lead to Later Hypertension

    Article • Current Drug Targets, August 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  121. Hypertension and impaired renal function accompany juvenile obesity: The effect of prenatal diet

    Article • Kidney International, August 2007, Elsevier

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  122. Integration of physiological and molecular mechanisms of the developmental origins of adult disease: new concepts and insights

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, July 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  123. Different effects of maternal parity, cold exposure and nutrient restriction in late pregnancy on the abundance of mitochondrial proteins in the kidney, liver and lung of postnatal sheep

    Article • Reproduction, June 2007, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  124. Effects of maternal parity and late gestational nutrition on mRNA abundance for growth factors in the liver of postnatal sheep

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, May 2007, American Physiological Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  125. Long-term effects of nutritional programming of the embryo and fetus: mechanisms and critical windows

    Article • Reproduction Fertility and Development, January 2007, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  126. Factors affecting birth weight in sheep: maternal environment

    Article • Reproduction, January 2007, Bioscientifica

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  127. Maternal nutrient restriction in early pregnancy programs hepatic mRNA expression of growth-related genes and liver size in adult male sheep

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, January 2007, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  128. Nutritional Programming of Foetal Development: Endocrine Mediators and Long-Term Outcomes for Cardiovascular Health

    Article • Current Nutrition & Food Science, November 2006, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  129. Influence of porcine genotype on the abundance of thyroid hormones and leptin in sow milk and its impact on growth, metabolism and expression of key adipose tissue genes in offspring

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, September 2006, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  130. Effect of periconceptional undernutrition and gender on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in young adult sheep

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, August 2006, Bioscientifica

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  131. Experimental evidence for early nutritional programming of later health in animals

    Article • Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, May 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  132. Developmental regulation of the lung in preparation for life after birth: hormonal and nutritional manipulation of local glucocorticoid action and uncoupling protein-2

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, March 2006, Bioscientifica

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  133. Maternal nutrient restriction alters renal development and blood pressure regulation of the offspring

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, February 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  134. Influence of maternal pre-pregnancy body composition and diet during early–mid pregnancy on cardiovascular function and nephron number in juvenile sheep

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, December 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  135. Differential effects of leptin administration on the abundance of UCP2 and glucocorticoid action during neonatal development

    Article • AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism, December 2005, American Physiological Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  136. Ontogeny and nutritional programming of adiposity in sheep: potential role of glucocorticoid action and uncoupling protein-2

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, November 2005, American Physiological Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  137. Tissue-specific effects of leptin administration on the abundance of mitochondrial proteins during neonatal development

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, October 2005, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  138. Maternal Nutritional Programming of Fetal Adipose Tissue Development: Differential Effects on Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Abundance for Uncoupling Proteins and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated and Prolactin Receptors

    Article • Endocrinology, September 2005, Endocrine Society

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  139. Chronic umbilical cord compression results in accelerated maturation of lung and brown adipose tissue in the sheep fetus during late gestation

    Article • AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism, September 2005, American Physiological Society

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  140. Increased uncoupling protein‐2 mRNA abundance and glucocorticoid action in adipose tissue in the sheep fetus during late gestation is dependent on plasma cortisol and triiodothyronine

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, August 2005, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  141. Influence of size at birth on the endocrine profiles and expression of uncoupling proteins in subcutaneous adipose tissue, lung, and muscle of neonatal pigs

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, June 2005, American Physiological Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  142. Programming of glucose-insulin metabolism in adult sheep after maternal undernutrition

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, May 2005, American Physiological Society

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  143. Ontogeny and nutritional programming of uncoupling protein‐2 and glucocorticoid receptor mRNA in the ovine lung

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, May 2005, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  144. Impact of maternal undernutrition and fetal number on glucocorticoid, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor receptor mRNA abundance in the ovine fetal kidney

    Article • Reproduction, February 2005, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  145. Prolactin, the prolactin receptor and uncoupling protein abundance and function in adipose tissue during development in young sheep

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, February 2005, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  146. Maternal nutritional programming of fetal adipose tissue development: Long-term consequences for later obesity

    Article • Birth Defects Research Part C Embryo Today Reviews, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  147. Leptin, Fetal Nutrition, and Long-Term Outcomes for Adult Hypertension

    Article • Endothelium, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  148. Effect of Administration of Recombinant Human Leptin during the Neonatal Period on the Plasma Concentration and Gene Expression of Leptin in the Piglet

    Article • Neonatology, January 2005, Karger Publishers

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  149. Influence of genotype on the differential ontogeny of uncoupling protein 2 and 3 in subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscle in neonatal pigs

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, October 2004, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  150. Timing of nutrient restriction and programming of fetal adipose tissue development

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, August 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  151. Nutritional Manipulation of Fetal Adipose Tissue Deposition and Uncoupling Protein 1 Messenger RNA Abundance in the Sheep: Differential Effects of Timing and Duration

    Article • Biology of Reproduction, July 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  152. Effects of Leptin on Fetal Plasma Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Cortisol Concentrations and the Timing of Parturition in the Sheep1

    Article • Biology of Reproduction, June 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  153. Peri-Implantation Undernutrition Programs Blunted Angiotensin II Evoked Baroreflex Responses in Young Adult Sheep

    Article • Hypertension, April 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  154. Programming of adult cardiovascular function after early maternal undernutrition in sheep

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, March 2004, American Physiological Society

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  155. Hormonal and Nutritional Regulation of Adipose Tissue Mitochondrial Development and Function in the Newborn

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, February 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  156. Ontogeny and nutritional manipulation of the hepatic prolactin–growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor axis in the ovine fetus and in neonate and juvenile sheep

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, February 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  157. Endocrine and nutritional regulation of fetal adipose tissue development

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, December 2003, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  158. Determinants of Fetal Leptin Synthesis, Fat Mass, and Circulating Leptin Concentrations in Well-Nourished Ewes in Late Pregnancy

    Article • Endocrinology, November 2003, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  159. Maternal Endocrine Adaptation throughout Pregnancy to Nutritional Manipulation: Consequences for Maternal Plasma Leptin and Cortisol and the Programming of Fetal Adipose Tissue Development

    Article • Endocrinology, August 2003, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  160. Ontogeny and nutritional manipulation of mitochondrial protein abundance in adipose tissue and the lungs of postnatal sheep

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, August 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  161. Differential Effects of Age and Sex on the Postnatal Responsiveness of Brown Adipose Tissue to Prolactin Administration in Rats

    Article • Experimental Physiology, July 2003, Wiley

    Dr Oreste Gualillo, Professor Michael E Symonds

  162. Prolactin, prolactin receptor and uncoupling proteins during fetal and neonatal development

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, May 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  163. Differential Effects of Fetal Number and Maternal Nutrition in Late Gestation on Prolactin Receptor Abundance and Adipose Tissue Development in the Neonatal Lamb

    Article • Pediatric Research, February 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  164. Influence of cortisol on adipose tissue development in the fetal sheep during late gestation

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, January 2003, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  165. Maternal Nutrient Restriction During Placental Growth, Programming of Fetal Adiposity and Juvenile Blood Pressure Control

    Article • Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  166. Circulating Leptin Concentrations Are Positively Related to Leptin Messenger RNA Expression in the Adipose Tissue of Fetal Sheep in the Pregnant Ewe Fed at or Below Maintenance Energy Requirements During Late Gestation1

    Article • Biology of Reproduction, September 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  167. The effect of maternal prolactin infusion during pregnancy on fetal adipose tissue development

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, September 2002, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  168. The Effects of Pregnancy and Maternal Nutrition on the Maternal Renin‐Angiotensin System in Sheep

    Article • Experimental Physiology, May 2002, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  169. Prenatal Undernutrition, Glucocorticoids And The Programming Of Adult Hypertension

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, November 2001, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  170. Maternal Undernutrition during Early to Midgestation Programs Tissue-Specific Alterations in the Expression of the Glucocorticoid Receptor, 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Isoforms, and Type 1 Angiotensin II Receptor in Neonatal Sheep1

    Article • Endocrinology, July 2001, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  171. Maternal Undernutrition during Early to Midgestation Programs Tissue-Specific Alterations in the Expression of the Glucocorticoid Receptor, 11 -Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Isoforms, and Type 1 Angiotensin II Receptor in Neonatal Sheep

    Article • Endocrinology, July 2001, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  172. Responses of the Fetal Pituitary-Adrenal Axis to Acute and Chronic Hypoglycemia during Late Gestation in the Sheep

    Article • Endocrinology, May 2001, Endocrine Society

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  173. Cytokines and cytokine receptors in fetal growth and development

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, April 2001, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  174. Fetal and neonatal adipose maturation: a primary site of cytokine and cytokine-receptor action

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, April 2001, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  175. Effect of Postnatal Age and a β3‐Adrenergic Agonist (Zeneca D7114) Administration on Uncoupling Protein‐1 Abundance in the Lamb

    Article • Experimental Physiology, January 2001, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  176. Maternal nutrition alters the expression of insulin-like growth factors in fetal sheep liver and skeletal muscle

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, December 2000, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  177. Influence of thyrotropin-releasing hormone administration at birth on thermoregulation in lambs delivered by cesarean

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  178. Current topic: Limitations of models used to examine the influence of nutrition during pregnancy and adult disease

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, September 2000, BMJ

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  179. The Influence of Acute Hypoxia and Carotid Body Denervation on Thermoregulation During Non‐Rapid Eye Movement Sleep in the Developing Lamb

    Article • Experimental Physiology, November 1999, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  180. Effect of Maternal Dexamethasone Treatment and Ambient Temperature on Prolactin Receptor Abundance in Brown Adipose and Hepatic Tissue in the Foetus and New‐born Lamb

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, November 1999, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  181. Influence of Thyrotrophin‐Releasing Hormone on Thermoregulatory Adaptation after Birth in Near‐Term Lambs Delivered by Caesarean Section

    Article • Experimental Physiology, September 1999, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  182. INFLUENCE OF THYROTROPHIN-RELEASING HORMONE ON THERMOREGULATORY ADAPTATION AFTER BIRTH IN NEAR-TERM LAMBS DELIVERED BY CAESAREAN SECTION

    Article • Experimental Physiology, September 1999, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  183. Prolactin Receptor Gene Expression and Foetal Adipose Tissue

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, November 1998, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  184. Maternal nutrition in early-mid gestation and placental size in sheep

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, April 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  185. Influence of maternal dexamethasone administration on thermoregulation in lambs delivered by caesarean section

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, February 1998, Bioscientifica

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  186. Effects of Increasing Gestation, Cortisol and Maternal Undernutrition on Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y Expression in the Sheep Fetus

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, January 1998, Wiley

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  187. Influence of maternal bodyweight on adaptation after birth in near-term lambs delivered by Caesarean section

    Article • Reproduction Fertility and Development, January 1998, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  188. Influence of Thyrotrophin-Releasing Hormone on Thermoregulation in Newborn Lambs

    Article • Neonatology, December 1997, Karger Publishers

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  189. Maternal manipulation of brown adipose tissue and liver development in the ovine fetus during late gestation

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, June 1997, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  190. Influence of maternal bodyweight on size, conformation and survival of newborn lambs

    Article • Reproduction Fertility and Development, January 1997, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  191. Effect of β3-Adrenergic Agonist (Zeneca D7114) on Thermoregulation in Near-Term Lambs Delivered by Cesarean Section

    Article • Pediatric Research, August 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  192. Nutrition-Environment Interactions in Pregnancy

    Article • Nutrition Research Reviews, January 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  193. Effect of fetal thyroidectomy on brown adipose tissue and thermoregulation in newborn lambs

    Article • Reproduction Fertility and Development, January 1996, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  194. Whole-body fuel selection: ‘reproduction’

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, March 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  195. Metabolic adaptation after birth in near-term Caesarean section delivered lambs

    Article • Early Human Development, July 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  196. Effect of chronic cold exposure and underfeeding on hind-limb tissue metabolism in pregnant sheep

    Article • The Journal of Agricultural Science, December 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  197. β-adrenoceptors and the effect of β-agonists on protein metabolism in ovine primary muscle cultures

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, November 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  198. Metabolic adaptation during lactation in winter-shorn sheep

    Article • The Journal of Agricultural Science, April 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Michael E Symonds

  199. The developmental environment and the development of obesity

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor David S Gardner, Professor Michael E Symonds

  200. Experimental Evidence for Long-Term Programming Effects of Early Diet

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael E Symonds