Maternal Factors Are Associated with the Expression of Placental Genes Involved in Amino Acid Metabolism and Transport.

Day P., Ntani G., Crozier S. R., Mahon P. A., Inskip H. M., Cooper C., Harvey N. C., Godfrey K. M., Hanson M. A., Lewis R. M., Cleal J. K.. (2015)

PLoS ONE, 10, e0143653

Maternal environment and lifestyle factors may modify placental function to match the mother's capacity to support the demands of fetal growth. Much remains to be understood about maternal influences on placental metabolic and amino acid transporter gene expression. We investigated the influences of maternal lifestyle and body composition (e.g. fat and muscle content) on a selection of metabolic and amino acid transporter genes and their associations with fetal growth.

PLoS ONE, 10, e0143653

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