Expansion of the fetoplacental vasculature in late gestation is strain dependent in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rennie, Monique Y ^a,b   Detmar, Jacqui ^b,c,d   Whiteley, Kathie J ^d   Jurisicova, Andrea ^b,d   Lee Adamson, S ^b,d   Sled, John G ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetoplacental circulation; Hemodynamics; Microcomputed tomography; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CAPILLARY; CD1 MOUSE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETOPLACENTAL VASCULATURE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITTER SIZE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858204520     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00776.2011     Document Type: Article

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