The use of BeWo cells as an in vitro model for placental iron transport

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Heaton, Sarah J ^a   Eady, John J ^a   Parker, Mary L ^a   Gotts, Kathryn L ^a   Dainty, Jack R ^a   Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^b   McArdle, Harry J ^c   Srai, Kaila S ^d   Elliott, Ruan M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetus; Mineral metabolism; Placenta

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 57349111225     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00286.2008     Document Type: Article

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