Mid- to late term hypoxia in the mouse alters placental morphology, glucocorticoid regulatory pathways and nutrient transporters in a sex-specific manner

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3127-3141

  Cuffe, J S M ^a   Walton, S L ^a   Singh, R R ^a   Spiers, J G ^a   Bielefeldt Ohmann, H ^a   Wilkinson, L ^a   Little, M H ^a   Moritz, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IGF2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SLC2A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SLC38A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUT1 GENE; HYPOXIA; IGF1R GENE; IGF2 GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NR3C1 GENE; NR3C2 GENE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE OXYGENATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BLOOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MICE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84904251615     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.272856     Document Type: Article

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