Expression of folate transporters in human placenta and implications for homocysteine metabolism

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-143

  Solanky, N ^a   Requena Jimenez, A ^a   D'Souza, S W ^a   Sibley, C P ^a   Glazier, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folate receptor ; Homocysteine; Pregnancy; Proton coupled folate transporter; Reduced folate carrier; Syncytiotrophoblast

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; FOLATE RECEPTOR ALPHA; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; PROTON COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; METHYLATION; MICROVILLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TERM BIRTH; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 75049083781     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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