Effect of periconceptional undernutrition in sheep on late gestation expression of mRNA and protein from genes involved in fetal adrenal steroidogenesis and placental prostaglandin production

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 573-583

  Connor, Kristin L ^a   Bloomfield, Frank H ^b   Oliver, Mark H ^b   Harding, Jane E ^b   Challis, John R G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetus; HPA axis; Nutrition; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450C17; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; PROSTAGLANDINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS;

EID: 65549153577     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719109332827     Document Type: Article

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