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Placental expression of myostatin and follistatin-like-3 protein in a model of developmental programming.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 2010
Peiris Hassendrini N, Ponnampalam Anna P, Osepchook Claire C, Mitchell Murray D, Green Mark P
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Maternal undernutrition during gestation is known to be detrimental to fetal development, leading to a propensity for metabolic disorders later in the adult lives of the offspring. Identifying possible mediators and physiological processes involved in modulating nutrient transport within the placenta is essential to prevent and/or develop treatments for the effects of aberrant nutrition, nutrient transfer, and...
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