Two isoforms of the leptin receptor are enhanced in pregnancy-specific tissues and soluble leptin receptor is enhanced in maternal serum with advancing gestation in the baboon

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1746-1752

  Edwards, Deborah E ^a   Bohm Jr , Rudolf P ^b   Purcell, Jeanette ^b   Ratterree, Marion S ^b   Swan, Kenneth F ^a   Castracane, V Daniel ^c   Henson, Michael C ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Estrogen; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CHORION; DECIDUA; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO SP.; PRIMATES;

EID: 6344228374     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.031112     Document Type: Article

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