Obesity during pregnancy and fetal iron status: Is hepcidin the link?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-181

  Dao, M C ^a,b   Sen, S ^a,c   Iyer, C ^c   Klebenov, D ^c   Meydani, S N ^a,b,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Sackler Graduate Program in Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Iron deficiency; Maternal obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON TRANSPORT; MATERNAL OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84874655521     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.81     Document Type: Article

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