Regulation of Placental Nutrient Transport - A Review

Placenta

Volumn 28, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 763-774

  Jones, H N ^a   Powell, T L ^a   Jansson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IUGR; LGA; Placental nutrient transport

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPOPHILIN; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; OXYGEN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; DOWN REGULATION; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HYPOXIA; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PLACENTA;

AMINO ACIDS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HUMANS; PLACENTA;

EID: 34447524124     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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