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Placenta31(2010)134–143ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectPlacentajournalhomepage:Expressionoffolatetransportersinhumanplacentaandimplicationsforhomocysteinemetabolism*N.Solanky,A.RequenaJimenez,S.W.D’Souza,C.P.Sibley,J.D.GlazierMaternalandFetalHealthResearchGroup,SchoolofClinicalandLaboratorySciences,UniversityofManchester,ManchesterAcademicHealthScienceCentre,5thFloor(Research),StMary’sHospital,OxfordRoad,ManchesterM139WL,UKarticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:Poorfolatestatusduringpregnancycanleadtoelevatedmaternalplasmalevelsofhomocysteine(Hcy)Accepted30November2009withassociatedpregnancycomplicationsandadverseneonataloutcomes,suggestingplacentalmetab-olismofHcymightbeanimportantdeterminantininfluencingfetaldevelopment.ThemetabolicKeywords:pathwaysforHcyinplacentaarenotwelldefined.Inthiss