Environmental factors affecting pregnancy: Endocrine disrupters, nutrients and metabolic pathways

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 53-68

  Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a   Johnson, Gregory A ^b   Wang, Xiaoqiu ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Disrupter; Endocrine; Glucose; Pregnancy; Secreted phosphoprotein 1

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ARGININE; CORN SYRUP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; POLYAMINE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISEASES; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYAMINES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTINS;

EID: 84914151793     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.09.007     Document Type: Review

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