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Glucosamine supplementation during late gestation alters placental development and increases litter size

BACKGROUND: During late gestation the placental epithelial interface becomes highly folded, which involves changes in stromal hyaluronan. Hyaluronan is composed of glucoronate and N-acetyl-glucosamine. We hypothesized that supplementing gestating dams with glucosamine during this time would support...

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Autores principales: Vallet, Jeffrey L., Miles, Jeremy R., Freking, Bradley A., Meyer, Shane
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/PMC5580301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28883913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40104-017-0198-9