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Theresa L. Powell is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their work addresses multiple topics related to birth, development, and health. Key research themes include pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, gestational diabetes research and management, adipose tissue and metabolism, fatty acid research and health, genetic syndromes and imprinting, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Recent notable publications by Theresa L. Powell include:

  • Sex-specific responses in placental fatty acid oxidation, esterification and transfer capacity to maternal obesity, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
  • Regulation of glucose homeostasis by small extracellular vesicles in normal pregnancy and in gestational diabetes, 2020, The FASEB Journal
  • Developmental origins of metabolic diseases, 2020, Physiological Reviews
  • Placental Function and the Development of Fetal Overgrowth and Fetal Growth Restriction, 2021, Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
  • Maternal-fetal cross-talk via the placenta: influence on offspring development and metabolism, 2023, Development

Theresa L. Powell frequently collaborates with several researchers within their field. These frequent co-authors include Thomas Jansson, Fredrick J. Rosario, Véronique Ferchaud-Roucher, Kenneth Barentsen, and Johann Urschitz.

Their research has been disseminated extensively in several publication venues. Among the more frequent venues are Clinical Science and Placenta, each with seven publications, followed by Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology with four publications. They have also contributed to The FASEB Journal and The Journal of Physiology, with three publications in each.

Best Publications

  • Inflammation in maternal obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus.

    Priyadarshini Pantham;Irving L. M. H Aye;Theresa L. Powell

  • Electrical properties of individual cells isolated from adult rat ventricular myocardium.

    T Powell;D A Terrar;V W Twist

  • Regulation of Nutrient Transport across the Placenta

    Susanne Lager;Theresa L. Powell

  • Sodium current in single rat heart muscle cells.

    A M Brown;K S Lee;T Powell

  • High-fat diet before and during pregnancy causes marked up-regulation of placental nutrient transport and fetal overgrowth in C57/BL6 mice

    Helen N. Jones;Laura A. Woollett;Nicolette Barbour;Puttur D. Prasad

  • Down‐regulation of placental transport of amino acids precedes the development of intrauterine growth restriction in rats fed a low protein diet

    Nina Jansson;Jessica Pettersson;Allah Haafiz;Anette Ericsson

  • Effects of maternal obesity on placental function and fetal development

    Kristy R Howell;Theresa L Powell

  • Placental phenotypes of intrauterine growth.

    Colin P Sibley;Mark A Turner;Irene Cetin;Paul Ayuk

  • Human Placental Transport in Altered Fetal Growth: Does the Placenta Function as a Nutrient Sensor? - A Review

    T. Jansson;T. Jansson;T.L. Powell;T.L. Powell

  • Activation of Placental mTOR Signaling and Amino Acid Transporters in Obese Women Giving Birth to Large Babies

    Nina Jansson;Fredrick J. Rosario;Francesca Gaccioli;Susanne Lager

  • Increasing maternal body mass index is associated with systemic inflammation in the mother and the activation of distinct placental inflammatory pathways.

    Irving L.M.H. Aye;Susanne Lager;Vanessa I. Ramirez;Francesca Gaccioli

  • Mammalian target of rapamycin in the human placenta regulates leucine transport and is down-regulated in restricted fetal growth

    Sara Roos;Nina Jansson;Isabelle Palmberg;Karin Säljö

  • Leptin stimulates the activity of the system A amino acid transporter in human placental villous fragments.

    Nina Jansson;S L Greenwood;Bengt R Johansson;Theresa L Powell

  • Alterations in the Activity of Placental Amino Acid Transporters in Pregnancies Complicated by Diabetes

    Thomas Jansson;Ylva Ekstrand;Caroline Björn;Margareta Wennergren

  • Regulation of placental nutrient transport--a review.

    H.N. Jones;T.L. Powell;T. Jansson

  • Glucose transport and system A activity in syncytiotrophoblast microvillous and basal plasma membranes in intrauterine growth restriction

    T. Jansson;K. Ylvén;M. Wennergren;T.L. Powell

  • Triglyceride Hydrolase Activities and Expression of Fatty Acid Binding Proteins in the Human Placenta in Pregnancies Complicated by Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Diabetes

    AnneLiese Magnusson;I J Waterman;Margareta Wennergren;Thomas Jansson

  • Developmental origins of metabolic diseases.

    Daniel J Hoffman;Theresa L Powell;Emily S Barrett;Daniel B Hardy

  • Placental transport of leucine and lysine is reduced in intrauterine growth restriction.

    Thomas Jansson;Valeria Scholtbach;Theresa L Powell

  • Placental glucose transport and GLUT 1 expression in insulin-dependent diabetes

    Thomas Jansson;Margareta Wennergren;Theresa L. Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Jansson
Thomas Jansson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Yoshikatsu Kanai
Yoshikatsu Kanai Osaka University
Susan T. Weintraub
Susan T. Weintraub The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Leslie Myatt
Leslie Myatt Oregon Health & Science University
Ivana V. Yang
Ivana V. Yang University of Colorado Denver
Puttur D. Prasad
Puttur D. Prasad Augusta University
Peter W. Nathanielsz
Peter W. Nathanielsz University of Wyoming
James G. Beeson
James G. Beeson Burnet Institute
Freya J. I. Fowkes
Freya J. I. Fowkes Burnet Institute
Kurunthachalam Kannan
Kurunthachalam Kannan University at Albany, State University of New York

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