Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 785-791 , September 2010

Placental BDNF/TrkB Signaling System is Modulated by Fetal Growth Disturbances in Rat and Human

  • S. Mayeur

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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  • M. Silhol

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U710, Univ Montpellier 2, F-34095 Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • E. Moitrot

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
    • ,
  • S. Barbaux

      Affiliations

    • Institut Cochin, Univ Paris Descartes, CNRS, UMR 8104; INSERM U 1016, F-75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • C. Breton

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
    • ,
  • A. Gabory

      Affiliations

    • Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, UMR INRA-ENVA-CNRS, 78352 Jouy en Josas, France
    • ,
  • D. Vaiman

      Affiliations

    • Institut Cochin, Univ Paris Descartes, CNRS, UMR 8104; INSERM U 1016, F-75014 Paris, France
    • ,
  • I. Dutriez-Casteloot

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
    • ,
  • I. Fajardy

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
    • ,
  • A. Vambergue

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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  • L. Tapia-Arancibia

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U710, Univ Montpellier 2, F-34095 Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • B. Bastide

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Activité Physique, Muscle et Santé, EA 4345, Univ Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
    • ,
  • L. Storme

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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  • C. Junien

      Affiliations

    • Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, UMR INRA-ENVA-CNRS, 78352 Jouy en Josas, France
    • ,
  • D. Vieau

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
    • ,
  • J. Lesage

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance (Universités Lille1-Lille 2), EA 4489, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales (USTL), Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, Equipe dénutritions maternelles périnatales, Université de Lille 1, Bâtiment SN4, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France. Tel.: +33 (0) 320337722; fax: +33 (0) 320336349.

,Accepted 11 June 2010.

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PII: S0143-4004(10)00238-9

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.06.008

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 785-791 , September 2010

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