A physiological increase in maternal cortisol alters uteroplacental metabolism in the pregnant ewe

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 594, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 6407-6418

  Vaughan, O R ^a   Davies, K L ^a   Ward, J W ^a   de Blasio, M J ^a   Fowden, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLYCOGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOLYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; PLACENTA TISSUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLC2A8 GENE; TISSUE METABOLISM; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 84994030767     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP272301     Document Type: Article

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