Placental adaptations in growth restriction

S Zhang, TRH Regnault, PL Barker, KJ Botting… - Nutrients, 2015 - mdpi.com
The placenta is the primary interface between the fetus and mother and plays an important
role in maintaining fetal development and growth by facilitating the transfer of substrates and …

The pregnant sheep as a model for human pregnancy

JS Barry, RV Anthony - Theriogenology, 2008 - Elsevier
Successful outcome of human pregnancy not only impacts the quality of infant life and well-
being, but considerable evidence now suggests that what happens during fetal development …

Regulation of maternal–fetal metabolic communication

CE Bowman, Z Arany, MJ Wolfgang - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2021 - Springer
Pregnancy may be the most nutritionally sensitive stage in the life cycle, and improved
metabolic health during gestation and early postnatal life can reduce the risk of chronic …

Effect of nutrient intake during pregnancy on fetal and placental growth and vascular development

DA Redmer, JM Wallace, LP Reynolds - Domestic animal endocrinology, 2004 - Elsevier
Remarkable diversity of size and health of offspring exists after normal pregnancies. When
pregnancies are complicated by an extrinsic variable such as inappropriate maternal …

Survival factors regulating ovarian apoptosis--dependence on follicle differentiation

E Markstrom, EC Svensson, R Shao… - …, 2002 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Epigenetic reprogramming plays a pivotal role during embryogenesis, including both
covalent and non-covalent modifications to chromatin. In this study, we investigated the role …

The early origins of obesity and insulin resistance: timing, programming and mechanisms

LM Nicholas, JL Morrison, L Rattanatray… - International journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of develo** gestational diabetes
mellitus and it also results in an increased risk of giving birth to a large baby with increased …

Effects of dam nutrition on growth and reproductive performance of heifer calves

JL Martin, KA Vonnahme, DC Adams… - Journal of animal …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
A 3-yr study was conducted with heifers (n= 170) whose dams were used in a 2× 2 factorial
arrangement of treatments to determine the effects of late gestation (LG) or early lactation …

AgBase: a functional genomics resource for agriculture

FM McCarthy, N Wang, GB Magee, B Nanduri… - BMC genomics, 2006 - Springer
Background Many agricultural species and their pathogens have sequenced genomes and
more are in progress. Agricultural species provide food, fiber, xenotransplant tissues …

[PDF][PDF] Uteroplacental vascular development and placental function: an update

LP Reynolds, PP Borowicz, JS Caton… - International Journal …, 2010 - researchgate.net
The importance of the placenta and its vascular development to fetal growth and
development has been appreciated since ancient times. Based on numerous studies in …

Animal models for small for gestational age and fetal programing of adult disease

PM Vuguin - Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 2007 - karger.com
Fetal growth retardation is a fetal adaptation in response to inadequate supply of oxygen
and/or nutrients. Animal models of intrauterine growth retardation are an invaluable tool to …