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Ovine uterine space restriction alters placental transferrin receptor and fetal iron status during late pregnancy
BACKGROUND: Fetal growth restriction is reported to be associated with impaired placental iron transport. Transferrin receptor (TfR) is a major placental iron transporter in humans, but is unstudied in sheep. TfR is regulated by both iron and nitric oxide (NO), the molecule produced by endothelial N...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23202722 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/pr.2012.180 |