Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes Expression, Distribution and Functional Regulation of GLUT Isoforms by Hypoxia, Hypoxia Mimetics, Growth Factors and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines
Title:
Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes Expression, Distribution and Functional Regulation of GLUT Isoforms by Hypoxia, Hypoxia Mimetics, Growth Factors and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines
Author:
Mobasheri, Ali. author.
ISBN:
9783540788997
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Physical Description:
VII, 88 p. online resource.
Series:
Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 200
Contents:
Articular Cartilage: Structure, Function, and Pathophysiology -- Does Arthritis Have a Nutritional Etiology? -- Metabolic Dysfunction in Arthritis -- Glucose: An Essential Metabolite and Structural Precursor for Articular Cartilage -- Mammalian Sugar Transporter Families: GLUT and SGLT -- Molecular Diversity of Facilitative Glucose Transporters in Articular Chondrocytes -- Regulation of Glucose Transport by Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs -- Glucose Transporters in the Intervertebral Disc -- Glucose Transporter Expression and Regulation in Embryonic and Mesenchymal Stem Cells -- Concluding Remarks.
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Electronic Access:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78899-7