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Revisited role of the placenta in bile acid homeostasis by Ontsouka, Edgar, Schroeder, Mariana, Albrecht, Christiane

“…To date, the discussion concerning bile acids (BAs) during gestation is almost exclusively linked to pregnancy complications such as intrahepatic cholestasis…”
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Revisiting Steroidogenic Pathways in the Human Placenta and Primary Human Trophoblast Cells by Karahoda, Rona, Kallol, Sampada, Groessl, Michael, Ontsouka, Edgar, Anderle, Pascale, Fluck, Christa, Staud, Frantisek, Albrecht, Christiane

“…Steroid hormones play a crucial role in supporting a successful pregnancy and ensuring proper fetal development. The placenta is one of the principal tissues…”
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The Placenta-A New Source of Bile Acids during Healthy Pregnancy? First Results of a Gene Expression Study in Humans and Mice by Ontsouka, Edgar, Schroeder, Mariana, Ok, Linda, Vaillancourt, Cathy, Stroka, Deborah, Albrecht, Christiane

“…Bile acids (BAs) are natural ligands for several receptors modulating cell activities. BAs are synthesized via the classic (neutral) and alternative (acidic)…”
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Identification of placental nutrient transporters associated with intrauterine growth restriction and pre-eclampsia by Huang, Xiao, Anderle, Pascale, Hostettler, Lu, Baumann, Marc U, Surbek, Daniel V, Ontsouka, Edgar C, Albrecht, Christiane

“…Gestational disorders such as intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and pre-eclampsia (PE) are main causes of poor perinatal outcomes worldwide. Both diseases…”
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Placental Expression of Bile Acid Transporters in Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy by Ontsouka, Edgar, Epstein, Alessandra, Kallol, Sampada, Zaugg, Jonas, Baumann, Marc, Schneider, Henning, Albrecht, Christiane

“…Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a pregnancy-related condition characterized by increased maternal circulating bile acids (BAs) having adverse…”
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Novel Insights into Concepts and Directionality of Maternal⁻Fetal Cholesterol Transfer across the Human Placenta by Kallol, Sampada, Huang, Xiao, Müller, Stefan, Ontsouka, Corneille Edgar, Albrecht, Christiane

“…Cholesterol is indispensable for cellular membrane composition and function. It is also a precursor for the synthesis of steroid hormones, which promote, among…”
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Functional reorganization of monoamine transport systems during villous trophoblast differentiation: evidence of distinct differences between primary human trophoblasts and BeWo cells by Vachalova, Veronika, Karahoda, Rona, Ottaviani, Martina, Anandam, Kasin Yadunandam, Abad, Cilia, Albrecht, Christiane, Staud, Frantisek

“…Abstract Background Three primary monoamines—serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine—play major roles in the placenta-fetal brain axis. Analogously to the…”
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The ABCA subfamily--gene and protein structures, functions and associated hereditary diseases by Albrecht, Christiane, Viturro, Enrique

“…To date, 12 members of the human ABCA subfamily are identified. They share a high degree of sequence conservation and have been mostly related with lipid…”
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Placental secretion of apolipoprotein A1 and E: the anti-atherogenic impact of the placenta by Melhem, Hassan, Kallol, Sampada, Huang, Xiao, Lüthi, Michael, Ontsouka, Corneille Edgar, Keogh, Adrian, Stroka, Deborah, Thormann, Wolfgang, Schneider, Henning, Albrecht, Christiane

“…High levels of atherogenic lipids in pregnancy are associated with health complications for the mother, the fetus and the newborn. As endocrine secretory…”
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Response of the cholesterol metabolism to a negative energy balance in dairy cows depends on the lactational stage by Gross, Josef J, Kessler, Evelyne C, Albrecht, Christiane, Bruckmaier, Rupert M

“…The response of cholesterol metabolism to a negative energy balance (NEB) induced by feed restriction for 3 weeks starting at 100 days in milk (DIM) compared…”
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Placental miR-340 mediates vulnerability to activity based anorexia in mice by Schroeder, Mariana, Jakovcevski, Mira, Polacheck, Tamar, Drori, Yonat, Luoni, Alessia, Röh, Simone, Zaugg, Jonas, Ben-Dor, Shifra, Albrecht, Christiane, Chen, Alon

“…Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a devastating eating disorder characterized by self-starvation that mainly affects women. Its etiology is unknown, which impedes…”
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Cryo-EM structures and functional properties of CALHM channels of the human placenta by Drożdżyk, Katarzyna, Sawicka, Marta, Bahamonde-Santos, Maria-Isabel, Jonas, Zaugg, Deneka, Dawid, Albrecht, Christiane, Dutzler, Raimund

“…The transport of substances across the placenta is essential for the development of the fetus. Here, we were interested in the role of channels of the calcium…”
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Dynamics of Tryptophan Metabolic Pathways in Human Placenta and Placental-Derived Cells: Effect of Gestation Age and Trophoblast Differentiation by Karahoda, Rona, Abad, Cilia, Horackova, Hana, Kastner, Petr, Zaugg, Jonas, Cerveny, Lukas, Kucera, Radim, Albrecht, Christiane, Staud, Frantisek

“…L-Tryptophan is an essential amino acid and a precursor of several physiologically active metabolites. In the placenta, the serotonin and kynurenine metabolic…”
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Nutrient Transport in the Mammary Gland: Calcium, Trace Minerals and Water Soluble Vitamins by Montalbetti, Nicolas, Dalghi, Marianela G., Albrecht, Christiane, Hediger, Matthias A.

“…Milk nutrients are secreted by epithelial cells in the alveoli of the mammary gland by several complex and highly coordinated systems. Many of these nutrients…”
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New Insights into the Physiology of Iron Transport: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Zaugg, Jonas, Pujol Giménez, Jonai, Cabra, Romina Silvia, Hofstetter, Wilhelm, Hediger, Matthias A, Albrecht, Christiane

“…The TransCure project entitled 'Iron Transporters DMT1 and FPN1' took an interdisciplinary approach combining structural biology, chemistry and physiology to…”
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The Consequences of Assisted Reproduction Technologies on the Offspring Health Throughout Life: A Placental Contribution by Schroeder, Mariana, Badini, Gina, Sferruzzi-Perri, Amanda N, Albrecht, Christiane

“…The use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) worldwide has led to the conception and birth of over eight million babies since being implemented in 1978…”
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Structure, Function and Pharmacology of SLC7 Family Members and Homologues by Jeckelmann, Jean-Marc, Zaugg, Jonas, Morozova, Veronika, Müller, Jennifer, Kantipudi, Satish, Schroeder, Mariana, Graff, Julien, Albrecht, Christiane, Altmann, Karl-Heinz, Gertsch, Jürg, Fotiadis, Dimitrios

“…Amino acids are essential components of all living cells serving as building blocks of proteins, as energy source, and as precursors of metabolites and…”
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Two immunoassay formats for fully automated CRP detection in human serum by Albrecht, Christiane, Kaeppel, Nina, Gauglitz, Guenter

“…Immunoassays are a proven approach towards fast, sensitive, cost-effective and easy-to-use analytical systems which are able to measure a variety of…”
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Type 2 diabetes is associated with reduced ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 gene expression, protein and function by Patel, Dipesh C, Albrecht, Christiane, Pavitt, Darrell, Paul, Vijay, Pourreyron, Celine, Newman, Simon P, Godsland, Ian F, Valabhji, Jonathan, Johnston, Desmond G

“…Increasing plasma glucose levels are associated with increasing risk of vascular disease. We tested the hypothesis that there is a glycaemia-mediated…”
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Primary Human Trophoblasts Mimic the Preeclampsia Phenotype after Acute Hypoxia–Reoxygenation Insult by Fuenzalida, Barbara, Kallol, Sampada, Zaugg, Jonas, Mueller, Martin, Mistry, Hiten D., Gutierrez, Jaime, Leiva, Andrea, Albrecht, Christiane

“…Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-specific disorder that affects 3 to 5% of pregnancies worldwide and is one of the leading causes of maternal and fetal…”
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