Insulin and the IGF system in the human placenta of normal and diabetic pregnancies

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-68

  Hiden, Ursula ^a   Glitzner, Elisabeth ^a   Hartmann, Michaele ^a   Desoye, Gernot ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Insulin; Insulin like growth factors; Placenta

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESPONSE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; TROPHOBLAST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; SOMATOMEDINS;

EID: 67449155317     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01035.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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