Maternal and cord blood LC-HRMS metabolomics reveal alterations in energy and polyamine metabolism, and oxidative stress in very-low birth weight infants

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2764-2778

  Alexandre Gouabau, Marie Cécile ^a   Courant, Frédérique ^b   Moyon, Thomas ^a   Küster, Alice ^a,d   Le Gall, Gwénaëlle ^c   Tea, Illa ^e   Antignac, Jean Philippe ^b   Darmaun, Dominique ^a,d  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^d NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

cord blood; metabolomics; neonatal; nutrition; prematurity

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; METHIONINE; POLYAMINE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; METABOLOMICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84879393585     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr400122v     Document Type: Article

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