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A high-throughput colorimetric-assay for monitoring glucose consumption by cultured trophoblast cells and placental tissue

scientific article published on 27 August 2012

A label-free selected reaction monitoring workflow identifies a subset of pregnancy specific glycoproteins as potential predictive markers of early-onset pre-eclampsia

scientific article published on 29 July 2013

A limitation of the method for siRNA delivery into primary human cytotrophoblast cells

scientific article published on 10 December 2010

Abrogation of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and insulin action by mevalonic acid depletion: synergy between protein prenylation and receptor glycosylation pathways.

scientific article published on 7 July 2004

Adenovirally Mediated Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factors Enhances the Function of First Trimester Placental Fibroblasts

article by Adrian G. Miller et al published January 2005 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Apposition to endometrial epithelial cells activates mouse blastocysts for implantation.

scientific article published in September 2017

Association of elevated insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 with insulin resistance in hyperthyroidism

scientific article

Characterisation of Osteopontin in an In Vitro Model of Embryo Implantation

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Dicer-dependent miRNAs provide an endogenous restraint on cytotrophoblast proliferation

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Differential effect of insulin like growth factor-I on constriction of human uterine and placental arteries

scientific article

Effect of cholesterol depletion on mitogenesis and survival: the role of caveolar and noncaveolar domains in insulin-like growth factor-mediated cellular function.

scientific article published on 15 September 2005

Effects of antenatal yoga on maternal anxiety and depression: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

Ghrelin concentrations in healthy children and adolescents.

scientific article published in November 2003

Human uterine and placental arteries exhibit tissue-specific acute responses to 17β-estradiol and estrogen-receptor-specific agonists

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

IFPA Meeting 2011 workshop report I: Placenta: Predicting future health; roles of lipids in the growth and development of feto-placental unit; placental nutrient sensing; placental research to solve clinical problems--a translational approach.

scientific article published on 10 December 2011

IGF signalling and endocytosis in the human villous placenta in early pregnancy as revealed by comparing quantum dot conjugates with a soluble ligand

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

IGF-binding protein-1 inhibits IGF effects on adipocyte function: implications for insulin-like actions at the adipocyte

scientific article

IGF2 actions on trophoblast in human placenta are regulated by the insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor, which can function as both a signaling and clearance receptor

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Insulin-like growth factor I and II regulate the life cycle of trophoblast in the developing human placenta

scientific article published on 09 April 2008

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 and apoptosis in mammary epithelial cells

scientific article published on February 2003

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein concentration and post- translational modification in embryological fluid ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 1997

Leptin measurement in urine in children and its relationship to other growth peptides in serum and urine

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Maternal growth factor regulation of human placental development and fetal growth ⬇️

scientific article published on 03 September 2010

Matrix metalloprotease-3 and -9 proteolyze insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1.

scientific article

Mesenchymally-derived insulin-like growth factor 1 provides a paracrine stimulus for trophoblast migration.

scientific article

Methods for siRNA-mediated reduction of mRNA and protein expression in human placental explants, isolated primary cells and cell lines.

scientific article

MicroRNA regulation of mitogenic signaling networks in the human placenta

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Modification of plasma insulin-like growth factors and binding proteins during oral contraceptive use and the normal menstrual cycle.

scientific article published in March 1999

Modulation of caveolin-1 expression can affect signalling through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway and cellular proliferation in response to insulin-like growth factor I.

scientific article published on 26 June 2008

Osmotic stress induces JNK-dependent embryo invasion in a model of implantation

scientific article published on 16 October 2018

Phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 is increased in pregnant diabetic subjects

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Placental alkaline phosphatase de-phosphorylates insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-1

scientific article published on 09 May 2014

Placental regulation of insulin-like growth factor axis in monochorionic twins with chronic twin-twin transfusion syndrome

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Plant extracellular vesicles have the potential to influence human placental function

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Protein O-GlcNAcylation Promotes Trophoblast Differentiation at Implantation

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Purification and characterization of the insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 phosphoform found in normal plasma

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Reduced insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) levels correlate with increased cardiovascular risk in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Reduced pericellular sensitivity to IGF-I in fibroblasts from girls with Turner syndrome: a mechanism to impair clinical responses to GH.

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Role of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 in human pregnancy.

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Signalling of DNA damage and cytokines across cell barriers exposed to nanoparticles depends on barrier thickness

scientific article published on 06 November 2011

State-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) scores during pregnancy following intervention with complementary therapies.

scientific article published on 07 September 2012

Statins are detrimental to human placental development and function; use of statins during early pregnancy is inadvisable.

scientific article published on December 2008

Statins inhibit insulin-like growth factor action in first trimester placenta by altering insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor glycosylation. ⬇️

scientific article

Taurine transport in human placental trophoblast is important for regulation of cell differentiation and survival ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2013

The Glycosyltransferase EOGT Regulates Adropin Expression in Decidualizing Human Endometrium

scientific article

The IGF axis and placental function. a mini review

scientific article published on 08 January 2008

The Relationship between Nocturnal Urinary Leptin and Gonadotrophins as Children Progress towards Puberty

scientific article published on 28 March 2007

The contribution of SNAT1 to system A amino acid transporter activity in human placental trophoblast

scientific article

The effect of high glucose on lipid metabolism in the human placenta

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

The effects of hyaluronate-containing medium on human embryo attachment to endometrial epithelial cells in vitro

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

The impact of a human IGF-II analog ([Leu27]IGF-II) on fetal growth in a mouse model of fetal growth restriction

scientific article

The insulin-like growth factor system in mammalian pregnancy--a workshop report

scientific article published in April 2004

The maternal environment programs postnatal weight gain and glucose tolerance of male offspring, but placental and fetal growth are determined by fetal genotype in the Leprdb/+ model of gestational diabetes

scientific article published in January 2015

The maternal insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and IGF-binding protein response to trisomic pregnancy during the first trimester: a possible diagnostic tool for trisomy 18 pregnancies

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

The protein-tyrosine phosphatase, SRC homology-2 domain containing protein tyrosine phosphatase-2, is a crucial mediator of exogenous insulin-like growth factor signaling to human trophoblast

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The role of insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor-mediated homeobox gene expression in human placental apoptosis, and its implications in idiopathic fetal growth restriction

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

The tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 negatively regulates cytotrophoblast proliferation in first-trimester human placenta by modulating EGFR activation

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Tracking placental development in health and disease

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Transforming growth factor-{beta} (TGF{beta}) receptors I/II differentially regulate TGF{beta}1 and IGF-binding protein-3 mitogenic effects in the human placenta

scientific article

Translational neuroendocrinology: control of human growth.

scientific article published on June 2014

Vitamin D attenuates sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P)-mediated inhibition of extravillous trophoblast migration

scientific article published on 30 September 2017

Vitamin D, the placenta and early pregnancy: effects on trophoblast function

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

alpha 2-Macroglobulin: a new component in the insulin-like growth factor/insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 axis.

scientific article

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