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Inhibition of placental mTOR signaling provides a link between placental malaria and reduced birthweight

BACKGROUND: Placental Plasmodium falciparum malaria can trigger intervillositis, a local inflammatory response more strongly associated with low birthweight than placental malaria infection alone. Fetal growth (and therefore birthweight) is dependent on placental amino acid transport, which is impai...

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Autores principales: Dimasuay, Kris Genelyn, Aitken, Elizabeth H., Rosario, Fredrick, Njie, Madi, Glazier, Jocelyn, Rogerson, Stephen J., Fowkes, Freya J. I., Beeson, James G., Powell, Theresa, Jansson, Thomas, Boeuf, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5209943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28049467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0759-3