Inflammatory-induced hibernation in the fetus: priming of fetal sheep metabolism correlates with developmental brain injury.

Prenatal inflammation is considered an important factor contributing to preterm birth and neonatal mortality and morbidity. The impact of prenatal inflammation on fetal bioenergetic status and the correlation of specific metabolites to inflammatory-induced developmental brain injury are unknown. We...

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Main Authors: Matthias Keller, David P Enot, Mark P Hodson, Emeka I Igwe, Hans-Peter Deigner, Justin Dean, Hayde Bolouri, Henrik Hagberg, Carina Mallard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3248450?pdf=render