Expression and functional characterisation of System L amino acid transporters in the human term placenta

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gaccioli, Francesca ^a   Aye, Irving L M H ^b   Roos, Sara ^c   Lager, Susanne ^a   Ramirez, Vanessa I ^d   Kanai, Yoshikatsu ^e   Powell, Theresa L ^f   Jansson, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Leucine uptake; Maternal obesity; Placental nutrient transport; Pregnancy; Trophoblast cells

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; LEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BODY MASS; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MICROVILLUS; MICROVILLUS PLASMA MEMBRANE; PLACENTA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA ISOLATION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH;

ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM L; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 85019240454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0054-8     Document Type: Article

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