The influence of placental metabolism on fatty acid transfer to the fetus

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 443-454

  Perazzolo, Simone ^a,c   Hirschmugl, Birgit ^d   Wadsack, Christian ^d   Desoye, Gernot ^d   Lewis, Rohan M ^b,c   Sengers, Bram G ^a,c  

^a School of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Electronics and Computer Science   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Compartmental modelling; Dual placental perfusion; Fatty acids; Lipid computational model; Placenta; Placental transport

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; LIPID; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID TRANSPORT; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC RATE; MICROVILLUS; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREDICTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85011306585     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.P072355     Document Type: Article

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