Leptin in pregnancy and development: A contributor to adulthood disease?

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 308, Issue 5, 2015, Pages E335-E350

  Briffa, Jessica F ^a   McAinch, Andrew J ^b   Romano, Tania ^c   Wlodek, Mary E ^a   Hryciw, Deanne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adulthood diseases; Intrauterine growth restriction; Leptin; Maternal obesity; Organogenesis

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT DISEASE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST MILK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISEASE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84923879152     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00312.2014     Document Type: Review

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