Effects of Cortisol and Dexamethasone on Insulin Signalling Pathways in Skeletal Muscle of the Ovine Fetus during Late Gestation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Jellyman, Juanita K ^a   Martin Gronert, Malgorzata S ^a   Cripps, Roselle L ^a   Giussani, Dino A ^a   Ozanne, Susan E ^a   Shen, Qingwu W ^b   Du, Min ^b   Fowden, Abigail L ^a   Forhead, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPASTATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLYCOGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LYSINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN AKT1; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE B BETA; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; SERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATION PERIOD; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETUS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MOTHERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84871534721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052363     Document Type: Article

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