Maternal adaptations to pregnancy in spontaneously hypertensive rats: Leptin and ghrelin evaluation

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 611-619

  Raso, Giuseppina Mattace ^b   Bianco, Giuseppe ^a   Iacono, Anna ^b   Esposito, Emanuela ^b   Autore, Giuseppina ^a   Ferrante, Maria Carmela ^b   Calignano, Antonio ^b   Meli, Rosaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADAPTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBESITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH;

EID: 34748925051     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0159     Document Type: Article

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