Placental folate transport during pregnancy

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2277-2284

  Yasuda, Satoru ^a   Hasui, Satoko ^a   Yamamoto, Chiaki ^a   Yoshioka, Chihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Masaki ^a   Itagaki, Shirou ^a   Hirano, Takeshi ^a   Iseki, Ken ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Folate; Folate receptor ; Heme carrier protein 1; Placenta; Reduced folate carrier

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; MECHANISMS; PORPHYRINS;

CARRIER PROTEINS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; FOLATE; FOLATE BINDING; FOLATE RECEPTORS; GLYCOSYL; HEME CARRIER PROTEIN 1; HUMAN PLACENTA; INHIBITORY EFFECTS; INTRAVENOUS INJECTIONS; MEMBRANE VESICLES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PLACENTA; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; TRANSPORT MECHANISMS;

OBSTETRICS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RAT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

RATTUS;

EID: 52649152661     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80112     Document Type: Article

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