Placental regulation of fetal nutrient supply

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 292-297

  Larqué, Elvira ^a   Ruiz Palacios, María ^a   Koletzko, Berthold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

amino acids; cholesterol; fatty acids; glucose; nutrient sensor; placenta

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; OXYSTEROL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS NUTRITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TROPHOBLASTS; UP-REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876415685     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32835e3674     Document Type: Review

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