Differential levels of amino acid transporters System L and ASCT2, and the mTOR protein in placenta of preeclampsia and IUGR

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Aiko, Yukiyo ^a,b   Askew, David J ^a,b   Aramaki, Satoshi ^a   Myoga, Mai ^a   Tomonaga, Chiharu ^a   Hachisuga, Toru ^a,b   Suga, Reiko ^a,b   Kawamoto, Toshihiro ^a,b   Tsuji, Mayumi ^a   Shibata, Eiji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid transporter; Body mass index; Intrauterine growth restriction; mTOR; Placenta; Preeclampsia; SLC1A5 ASCT2; SLC3A2 4F2hc; SLC7A5 LAT1; Weight gain during pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; CYTOKERATIN 7; L AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER PROTEIN 1; L AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER PROTEIN 4F2HC; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD98 ANTIGEN; MTOR PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC1A5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC3A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL AGE; MICROVILLUS; NULLIPARA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMOKING; STROMA CELL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT GAIN; ADAPTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; TERM BIRTH; TROPHOBLAST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM ASC; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM L; ANTIGENS, CD98 HEAVY CHAIN; BODY MASS INDEX; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; LARGE NEUTRAL AMINO ACID-TRANSPORTER 1; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TERM BIRTH; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TROPHOBLASTS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902545379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-181     Document Type: Article

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