Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 387-391 , May 2010

Maternal obesity up-regulates inflammatory signaling pathways and enhances cytokine expression in the mid-gestation sheep placenta

  • M.J. Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Study of Fetal Programming, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 307 766 3140; fax: +1 307 766 2355.
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  • M. Du

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Study of Fetal Programming, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
    • ,
  • P.W. Nathanielsz

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Study of Fetal Programming, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
    • Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Research, University of Texas, Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
    • ,
  • S.P. Ford

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Study of Fetal Programming, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

,Accepted 3 February 2010.

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PII: S0143-4004(10)00055-X

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.02.002

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 387-391 , May 2010

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