Melinda Pierce's research while affiliated with Oregon Health and Science University and other places

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Biological features of placental programming
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  • Oct 2016
The placenta is a key organ in programming the fetus for later disease. This review outlines eight of many structural and physiological features of the placenta which are associated with adult onset chronic disease. 1) Placental efficiency relates the placental mass to the fetal mass. Ratios at the extremes are related to cardiovascular disease ris...
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... A eficiência placentária é uma variável descrita como um índice capaz de refletir a capacidade uterina de produzir animais, com a tendência de aumentar conforme a ordem de parição das matrizes, prolificidade e programação fetal (Özyürek e Türkyilmaz, 2020). De acordo com Thornburg et al. (2016) a eficiência placentária retrata a capacidade que a placenta possui em transferir os nutrientes necessários para o crescimento fetal. ...
Reference: Efeitos da eficiência placentária sobre o desempenho de caprinos
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