The balancing act - PPAR-γ's roles at the maternal-fetal interface

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 65-71

  Kadam, Leena ^a   Kohan Ghadr, Hamid Reza ^a   Drewlo, Sascha ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Inflammation; Placenta; PPAR ; Pre eclampsia; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLAMMATION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PPAR GAMMA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84925352442     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2014.991881     Document Type: Review

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