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Placental glycogen stores and fetal growth: insights from genetic mouse models.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jun 2020
Tunster Simon J, Watson Erica D, Fowden Abigail L, Burton Graham J
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The placenta performs a range of crucial functions that support fetal growth during pregnancy, including facilitating the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the fetus, removal of waste products from the fetus and the endocrine modulation of maternal physiology. The placenta also stores glucose in the form of glycogen, the function of which remains unknown. Aberrant placental glycogen storage in humans is...
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