Dietary L-arginine supplementation during gestation in mice enhances reproductive performance and Vegfr2 transcription activity in the fetoplacental unit

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 456-460

  Greene, Jonathan M ^a,b   Dunaway, Chad W ^b   Bowers, Susan D ^b,c   Rude, Brian J ^c   Feugang, Jean M ^b,c   Ryan, Peter L ^a,b,c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Facility for Organismal and Cellular Imaging   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84858271475     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.154823     Document Type: Article

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