Fetal iron status regulates maternal iron metabolism during pregnancy in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Gambling, Lorraine ^a   Czopek, Alicja ^a   Andersen, Henriette S ^a   Holtrop, Grietje ^b   Srai, S Kaila S ^c   Krejpcio, Zbigniew ^d   McArdle, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Placenta; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMATOCRIT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEPLETION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; LIVER FUNCTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; IRON; LIVER; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 65949086786     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90793.2008     Document Type: Article

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