Sex-specific metabolic outcomes in offspring of female rats born small or exposed to stress during pregnancy

Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 4104-4120

  Cheong, Jean N ^a   Cuffe, James S M ^b   Jefferies, Andrew J ^a,c   Anevska, Kristina ^d   Moritz, Karen M ^b   Wlodek, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MATERNAL STRESS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ANIMAL; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84994360852     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2016-1335     Document Type: Article

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