T. L. Powell

PiggyBac Transposase Mediated Inducible Trophoblast-specific Knockdown of Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin in Mice Decreases Placental Nutrient Transport and Inhibits Fetal Growth.

This study knocks down mTOR in trophoblasts of late pregnant mice, reducing placental nutrient transport and fetal growth.

Insulin-stimulated adiponectin secretion in pregnancy is mediated by inhibition of adiponectin ubiquitination and degradation and is impaired in obesity

The paper investigates how insulin affects adiponectin secretion in pregnancy and shows that obesity impairs this process through increased ubiquitination and degradation of adiponectin.