Regulation of Placental Amino Acid Transport and Fetal Growth

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 145, Issue , 2017, Pages 217-251

  Vaughan, O R ^a   Rosario, F J ^a   Powell, T L ^a   Jansson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Amino acid; Cortisol; Gestational diabetes; Insulin; Intrauterine growth restriction; Leptin; Obesity; Overgrowth; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; SOMATOMEDIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL PLASMA; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE AREA; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85009481206     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: 18780814     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2016.12.008     Document Type: Chapter

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