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Expression and funkction of placental drug transpoters in health and disease
Umanová, Barbora ; Čečková, Martina (advisor) ; Jirkovský, Eduard (referee)
Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Student: Barbora Umanová Supervisor: doc. PharmDr. Martina Čečková, Ph.D. Title of diploma thesis: Expression and function of placental drug transporters in health and disease There are many physiological changes during pregnancy. Placenta is a crucial organ which mediates exchange of nutrients, metabolites and respiratory gases, provides endocrine functions and fetal protection. A pregnant woman and her fetus may be exposed to various potentially harmful substances during pregnancy, including drugs that may endanger fetal health. Protection of the fetus from xenobiotics is enabled by drug transporters. Drug transporters are membrane proteins expressed in most tissues of the human body. In the placenta, they are localized in the placental syncytiotrophoblast and occur also in the endothelial cells of the fetal vessels. They belong into two large superfamilies of transporter proteins: ATB-binding cassette (ABC) and solute carrier (SLC). While ABC transporters mediate exclusively efflux of their substrates, SLC are predominantly influx transporters. Therefore, these transport proteins play a key role in the disposition of drugs, some of which facilitate drugs entry into a fetus, and others actively...
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