Weekly intra-amniotic igf-1 treatment increases growth of growth-restricted ovine fetuses and up-regulates placental amino acid transporters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wali, Jibran A ^a   de Boo, Hendrina A ^a   Derraik, José G B ^a   Phua, Hui Hui ^a   Oliver, Mark H ^a   Bloomfield, Frank H ^a   Harding, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; ISOPROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; UPREGULATION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 84861302630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037899     Document Type: Article

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