The expression and function of fatty acid transport protein-2 and -4 in the murine placenta.

The uptake and trans-placental trafficking of fatty acids from the maternal blood into the fetal circulation are essential for embryonic development, and involve several families of proteins. Fatty acid transport proteins (FATPs) uniquely transport fatty acids into cells. We surmised that placental...

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Main Authors: Takuya Mishima, Jeffrey H Miner, Mayumi Morizane, Andreas Stahl, Yoel Sadovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197585?pdf=render