Folic acid uptake by the human syncytiotrophoblast is affected by gestational diabetes, hyperleptinemia, and TNF-α

Pediatric Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 388-394

  Araújo, João R ^a   Correia Branco, Ana ^a   Moreira, Liliana ^a   Ramalho, Carla ^b   Martel, Fátima ^a   Keating, Elisa ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PROTON COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMATES; GUANINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KINETICS; LEPTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PREGNANCY; PROTON-COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84875672415     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.14     Document Type: Article

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