Adaptations in placental phenotype support fetal growth during undernutrition of pregnant mice

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 527-538

  Coan, P M ^a   Vaughan, O R ^a   Sekita, Y ^a   Finn, S L ^a   Burton, G J ^a   Constancia, M ^a   Fowden, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 2 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; TRACER; 2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; METHYL AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID; SLC38A2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL VOLUME; CELLS; FETAL CAPILLARY VOLUME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOGEN CELL; IGF2 GENE; JUNCTIONAL ZONE VOLUME; LABYRINTHINE INTERHEMAL MEMBRANE ZONE SURFACE AREA; LABYRINTHINE INTERHEMAL MEMBRANE ZONE VOLUME; MATERNAL BLOOD SPACE; MATERNAL UNDERNUTRITION; METHYLATION; NEWBORN; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PLACENTAL PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; SLC2A1 GENE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 75649095675     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.181214     Document Type: Article

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