The mechanisms and regulation of placental amino acid transport to the human foetus
Cleal, J.K. and Lewis, R.M. (2008) The mechanisms and regulation of placental amino acid transport to the human foetus. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 20, (4), 419-426. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01662.x).
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Description/Abstract
The mechanisms by which amino acids are transferred across the human placenta are fundamental to our understanding of foetal nutrition. Amino acid transfer across the human placenta is dependent on transport across both the microvillous and basal plasma membranes of the placental syncytiotrophoblast, and on metabolism within the syncytiotrophoblast. Although the principles underlying uptake of amino acids across the microvillous plasma membrane are well understood, the extent to which amino acids are metabolised within human placenta and the mechanisms by which amino acids are transported out of the placenta across the basal plasma membrane are not well understood. Understanding the mechanisms and regulation of amino acid transport is necessary to understand the causes of intrauterine growth restriction in human pregnancy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0953-8194 (print) |
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| Keywords: | amino acid, placenta, transport, foetus, metabolism |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine |
| Item ID: | 61001 |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 09:39 |
| Contributors: | Cleal, J.K. (Author) Lewis, R.M. (Author) |
| Date: | April 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | jkc1@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/61001 |
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