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SUBMITTER: Altmae S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5268451 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Altmäe Signe S Segura Maria Teresa MT Esteban Francisco J FJ Bartel Sabine S Brandi Pilar P Irmler Martin M Beckers Johannes J Demmelmair Hans H López-Sabater Carmen C Koletzko Berthold B Krauss-Etschmann Susanne S Campoy Cristina C
PloS one 20170126 1
Maternal obesity has a major impact on pregnancy outcomes. There is growing evidence that maternal obesity has a negative influence on placental development and function, thereby adversely influencing offspring programming and health outcomes. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes are poorly understood. We analysed ten term placenta's whole transcriptomes in obese (n = 5) and normal weight women (n = 5), using the Affymetrix microarray platform. Analyses of expression data ...[more]