Phenylalanine transfer across the isolated perfused human placenta: An experimental and modeling investigation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 310, Issue 9, 2016, Pages R828-R836

  Lofthouse, E M ^a,b   Perazzolo, S ^b   Brooks, S ^a   Crocker, I P ^c   Glazier, J D ^c   Johnstone, E D ^c   Panitchob, N ^b   Sibley, C P ^c   Widdows, K L ^c   Sengers, B G ^b   Lewis, R M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid transfer; Blood flow; Exchanger; Facilitated transport; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE; CARBON; CREATININE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NET FLUX; PLACENTA; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PLACENTA TISSUE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; METABOLISM; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERFUSION; PHENYLALANINE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84984622423     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00405.2015     Document Type: Article

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