Maternal growth factor regulation of human placental development and fetal growth

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Forbes, Karen ^a   Westwood, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

FETUS GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PLACENTATION; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOMEDINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 77957120489     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-10-0174     Document Type: Review

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