Detrimental effects of ethanol and its metabolite acetaldehyde, on first trimester human placental cell turnover and function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lui, Sylvia ^a   Jones, Rebecca L ^a,b   Robinson, Nathalie J ^a,b   Greenwood, Susan L ^a,b   Aplin, John D ^a,b   Tower, Clare L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; TAURINE TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INVASION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PLACENTA CELL; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; TROPHOBLAST; APOPTOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACETALDEHYDE; AMINO ACIDS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84895104733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087328     Document Type: Article

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