Steroid profiling in pregnancy: A focus on the human fetus

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-222

  Hill, Martin ^a   Pašková, Andrea ^b   Kančeva, Radmila ^a   Velíková, Marta ^a   Kubátová, Jana ^a   Kancheva, Lyudmila ^a   Adamcová, Karolína ^b   Mikešová, Michaela ^b   Žižka, Zdeněk ^b   Koucký, Michal ^b   Šarapatková, Hana ^c   Kačer, Viktor ^b   Matucha, Petr ^a   Meloun, Milan ^d   Pařízek, Antonín ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cord blood; GC MS; Labor; Metabolome; Steroids

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AROMATASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOCHROME P450 3A7; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; STEROID; SULFOTRANSFERASE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

BIRTH; BODY FLUID; CATABOLISM; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLOMICS; MODULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICUS;

CORD BLOOD; GC-MS; LABOR; METABOLOME; STEROIDS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTINS;

EID: 84889882983     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.03.008     Document Type: Review

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