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SUBMITTER: Gao H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3712633 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gao Haijun H Sathishkumar Kunju Reddiar KR Yallampalli Uma U Balakrishnan Meena M Li Xilong X Wu Guoyao G Yallampalli Chandra C
Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition) 20120101 4
This study was to test the hypothesis that altered IGF2 system in the placental labyrinth zone (LZ) impairs feto-placental growth in response to maternal protein restriction. Rats were fed a 20% protein diet and an isocaloric 6 % protein diet (LP) from day 1 to days 14, 18, or 21 of pregnancy. The effects of diet, gender of placenta and fetus, and day of pregnancy on placental weight, fetal weight, and expression of the IGF2 axis in the placental LZ and amino acids in maternal plasma were analyz ...[more]