Pregnancy-induced changes in the circadian expression of hepatic clock genes: Implications for maternal glucose homeostasis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2016, Pages E575-E586

  Wharfe, Michaela D ^a   Wyrwoll, Caitlin S ^a   Waddell, Brendan J ^a   Mark, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock genes; Glucose metabolism; Liver; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL;

ADAPTATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIVER; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BREEDING; C57BL MOUSE; FETUS; GENETICS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETUS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN; LIVER; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 84985958456     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00060.2016     Document Type: Article

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