Ethanol has been considered as a lifestyle factor that may influence the risk of type 2
diabetes mellitus. In healthy adults, acute ethanol consumption results in insulin resistance …

About three days after a human egg is fertilized, it passes through the fallopian tunnel and
reaches the uterus, where it spends about four days floating in the uterus's fluids, after which …

The placenta was classically considered a barrier, but in 1957 this notion was shattered.
This organ is only a selective filter and metabolic site. In this review, the placental transfer of …

The aim of this work was to investigate the putative modulation of glucose uptake in
trophoblast cells by several dietary compounds and by drugs of abuse. For this, the acute …

Prenatal ethanol exposure alters brain structure, functional connectivity, and behavior in
humans and rats. Behavioral changes include deficits in executive function, which requires …

Folic acid (FA) is a vitamin that acts as a coenzyme in the biosynthesis of purine and
pyrimidine precursors of nucleic acids, which are critically important during pregnancy. Our …

The effects of several concentrations of toluene on physical and behavioral development
were examined in CD-1 mice prenatally exposed during the last week of gestation. Pregnant …

Maternal ethanol intake during pregnancy impairs fetal growth, but mechanisms are not
clearly defined. Reduced IGF abundance or bioavailability in the fetus and/or mother may …

OBJECTIVE: To quantitate alcohol-induced alterations in the maternal uterine endothelial
proteome utilizing iTRAQ-based mass spectrometry. STUDY DESIGN: Uterine artery …

Background: Ethanol profoundly affects fetal development, and this is proposed to be due
primarily to a transient fetal zinc (Zn) deficiency that arises from the binding of Zn by …