Down-regulation of placental transport of amino acids precedes the development of intrauterine growth restriction in maternal nutrient restricted baboons

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Pantham, Priyadarshini ^a   Rosario, Fredrick J ^b   Weintraub, Susan T ^c   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^d,e   Powell, Theresa L ^a   Li, Cun ^d,e   Jansson, Thomas ^b  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR); Nutrition; Placenta; Placental transport; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DMRT1 GENE; GENE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; ANIMAL; BABOON; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENETICS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PAPIO; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85006056317     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.116.141085     Document Type: Article

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