Prepregnancy weights and body mass index (BMI) were assessed by subtracting the average weight gain from the full term maternal weight which might not be a good proxy measure.
To begin investigating the regulation of AAT under conditions of normal and limiting nutrient availability, the expression level and localization of three AAT proteins, LAT1, 4F2hc, and ASCT2, were determined in placenta samples from IUGR, PE and both full-term and maternal age-matched pre-term controls using immunohistochemistry (IHC).
Another recent report used a different Oct4floxed mouse line to delete the entire Oct4 POU domain and C-domain, yet the authors of that study also observed full-term development of maternal Oct4 null embryos and TE/ICM lineage separation, as well as Nanog activation in maternal and zygotic Oct4 null embryos [ 39].
Human umbilical cord blood was collected from normal full-term deliveries after maternal informed consent was approved according to institutional guidelines (AP-HP, Paris, France).
Twenty two human full-term placentas with corresponding maternal oral mucosa samples were collected at Amparo Maternal Obstetric Clinic (São Paulo, Brazil), with parental fully informed consent and approval by the local Institutional Ethics Committee.
Samples were collected from the fetal portion of 22 full-term human placentas, and from the respective maternal oral mucosa cells.
The correlation between altered birth weight with the mother's birth weight and other maternal conditions was studied in full-term newborns in the "Hospital Universitário" of the University of São Paulo.
Long-term maternal breast cancer risk is reduced with a full-term pregnancy, particularly when it occurs at a young age (National Cancer Institute, 2003).
The PI of female full-term infants correlated positively, that of male negatively with maternal BMI.
We investigated whether there was a difference between interactions of PI depending on maternal BMI and children´s sex in full-term infants at the time of 36 GA and in premature infants both at 30 GA and at 36 GA.
The present study was designed to examine maternal touch and infants' self-regulating behavior in full-term and very-low-birth-weight preterm (VLBW/PT) infant mother dyads.
