Maternal protein restriction regulates IGF2 system in placental labyrinth

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 4 E, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1434-1450

  Gao, Haijun ^a   Sathishkumar, Kunju Reddiar ^a   Yallampalli, Uma ^a   Balakrishnan, Meena ^a   Li, Xilong ^b   Wu, Guoyao ^b   Yallampalli, Chandra ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal Growth; Gene Expression; IGF2; IGF2P0; IGFBP; Labyrinth Zone; Placenta; Pregnancy; Protein Restriction

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PROTEIN IGF1R; PROTEIN IGF2P0; PROTEIN IGF2R; PROTEIN IGFBP1; SOMATOMEDIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84860257864     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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