Regulation of amino acid transporters by glucose and growth factors in cultured primary human trophoblast cells is mediated by mTOR signaling

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Roos, S ^a   Lagerlof O ^a   Wennergren, M ^a   Powell, T L ^a,b   Jansson, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Insulin; Insulin like growth factor I; Mammalian target of rapamycin; Placental transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BETA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; GLUCOSE; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; INSULIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN REDD1; RAPAMYCIN; S6 KINASE; S6 KINASE 1; SOMATOMEDIN C; TAURINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349246381     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00191.2009     Document Type: Article

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