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dc.contributor.advisorPerkins, Anthony V
dc.contributor.authorHofstee, Pierre D
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T05:01:40Z
dc.date.available2020-06-02T05:01:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-26
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/623
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/394321
dc.description.abstractPregnancy is a physiologically demanding process, vulnerable to several modifiable lifestyle factors including diet. Malnutrition, or a dietary imbalance, can have severe implications on maternal physiology, as well as placental and fetal development. Several aberrant pregnancy outcomes have been linked with an abnormal diet disturbing maternal metabolism, hormone status and placental function. Dietary changes also disrupt the intrauterine environment for the developing fetus, altering growth and predisposing offspring to development of diseases later in life. Abnormal pregnancy outcomes are dependent on the specific timing and type of dietary insult. A major micronutrient deficiency present in multiple human populations is selenium. Deficiencies in micronutrients, such as selenium, have been linked to numerous pregnancy complications; however, the specific ramifications of a selenium deficient diet on pregnancy outcomes and fetal development is relatively unknown. Selenium is incorporated into selenoproteins involved in numerous biological and cellular processes including antioxidant function, thyroid hormone metabolism, endoplasmic reticulum stress and skeletal muscle development. Given selenium is associated with undesirable pregnancy outcomes, the primary aim of this thesis was to investigate the effects of selenium deficiency on pregnancy physiology, placental function, fetal development and offspring outcomes. [...]
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.subject.keywordspregnancy
dc.subject.keywordsselenium deficiency
dc.subject.keywordsmicronutrients
dc.titleThe Effects of Micronutrient Dysregulation on Reproduction
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyGriffith Health
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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dc.contributor.otheradvisorVanderlelie, Jessica J
dc.contributor.otheradvisorCuffe, James S
gro.identifier.gurtID000000022705
gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentSchool of Medical Science
gro.griffith.authorHofstee, Pierre D.


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