title: Placental transport of carbohydrates.
abstract: Glucose transport across the placenta takes place by means of a facilitated process. The transporter shows considerable specificity with respect to different hexoses. Transport across the microvillous plasma membrane of the trophoblast surface facing the intervillous space has been characterized. The details of transport across the fetal directed plasma membrane and the regulation of D-glucose membrane protein transporters remain unknown.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002469:Cell Separation; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D012756:Sheep; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose