DefinitionMicrobiotaMicrobiomeWe humans are colonized by myriads of microorganisms in various parts of the body, such as the skin, the mouth, the vagina and the gastrointestinal tract. Even the lung and other hitherto thought to be sterile parts, as the placenta, are now considered to be ...
Women gain weight all over their bodies while they are pregnant. Fetal weight accounts for about 7 1/2 pounds by the end of pregnancy. The placenta, which nourishes the baby, weighs about 1 1/2 pounds. The uterus weighs 2 pounds. A woman gains about 4 pounds due to increased blood vol...
[51]. It has been isolated from brain, placenta and ovary. Membrane-bound 17β-OH SDH 2 catalyzed reversibleoxidationof testosterone to AD andestradiolto estrone. It expressed slight dehydrogenase activity towards 20α-hydroxyprogesterone. Theenzymewas located mostly in placenta, liver,endometriuma...
A recent definition is "height velocity above the statistical limits of normality for age and/or maturity during a defined period of time, following a transient period of growth inhibi- tion (9)." Multiple rodent models of catch-up growth have been in- vestigated, differing in the timing ...
Furthermore, although the association between short interpregnancy interval and specific maternal outcomes have been studied in high-resource settings (eg, uterine rupture or blood transfusion,37 abnormal placentation38), previous studies of maternal mortality or severe morbidity were restricted to low-...
Implementation of the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio for prediction and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia in singleton pregnancy: implications for clinical practice Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a leading cause of maternal and fetal/neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Clinical diagnosis and definition of PE is commonly...
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Concordant with this hypothesis, transcriptional analysis by quantitative RT–PCR (qRT–PCR) showed that DYNC2LI1 was more highly expressed in bone compared with other embryonic tissues (bone, brain, cartilage, heart, liver, lung, placenta and thymus; Supplementary Fig. 3). Furthermore, ...
Correction: This article was corrected on May 1, 2018, for an error in the definition of cervical length categories, and on May 9, 2019, for a misspelled collaborator name. Author Contributions: Dr Martinelli had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the inte...
is upregulated in the preeclamptic placenta, leading to increased systemic levels of sFlt-1 and resultant decreases in the circulating levels of PlGF and VEGF [14]. The sFlt-1/PlGF ratio has been shown to be elevated in pregnant women 4–5 weeks prior to clinical onset of preeclampsia [15...