Endocytic and transcytotic processes in villous syncytiotrophoblast: Role in nutrient transport to the human fetus

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Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 725-738

  Fuchs, Renate ^a   Ellinger, Isabella ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Endocytosis; Glucose; Human placenta; IgG; Insulin; Lipoproteins; Syncytiotrophoblast; Transcytosis; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; CHOLESTEROL; FC RECEPTOR; FERROPORTIN 1; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSULIN RECEPTOR; IRON; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; ENDOCYTOSIS; FETUS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; LIPID TRANSPORT; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRANSCYTOSIS;

EID: 4744352147     PISSN: 13989219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2004.00221.x     Document Type: Review

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