Acute and chronic effects of some dietary bioactive compounds on folic acid uptake and on the expression of folic acid transporters by the human trophoblast cell line BeWo

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-100

  Keating, Elisa ^a   Lemos, Clara ^a   Gonçalves, Pedro ^a   Martel, Fátima ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Folate receptor; Folic acid; Methylxanthines; Polyphenols; Reduced folate carrier

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EPICATECHIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLATE RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLIC ACID; HYDROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; QUERCETIN; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER 1; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOHUMOL;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIET; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KINETICS; TRITIUM; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 37549048592     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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