ONTOGENY OF TRANSPORT-SYSTEMS FOR CATIONIC AMINO-ACIDS IN THE PLACENTA

Authors
CHRISTENSEN HN VANWINKLE LJ
Citation
Hn. Christensen et Lj. Vanwinkle, ONTOGENY OF TRANSPORT-SYSTEMS FOR CATIONIC AMINO-ACIDS IN THE PLACENTA, Nutrition reviews, 53(2), 1995, pp. 40-43
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Nutrition & Dietetics
Journal title
Nutrition reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
00296643
Volume
53
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
40 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-6643(1995)53:2<40:OOTFCA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The placenta serves as thp functional boundary between the maternal an d the fetal circulations and has long been known to deliver amino acid s concentratively to the fetus.(1) The amino acid part of our early nu trition is thus effected by the net activity of various transporters. These are positioned both in the microvillous (maternal facing) and th e basal (fetal facing) membranes of the syncytiotrophoblast.(2)