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SLC2A1 gene

Known as: solute carrier family 2 member 1, GLUT, DYT18 
This gene is involved in glucose transport.
National Institutes of Health

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Carbohydrate MetabolismHomo sapiensLigand BindingMolecular Transport

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Hormonal regulation of glucose and system A amino acid transport in first trimester placental villous fragments.
Alterations in placental nutrient transfer have been implicated in fetal growth abnormalities. In pregnancies complicated by… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Relationship between glucose transporter, hexokinase and FDG-PET in esophageal cancer.
BACKGROUND/AIMS 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has been established as a powerful diagnosing… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Suppression of facilitative glucose transporter 1 mRNA can suppress tumor growth.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Colocalization of tight junction proteins, occludin and ZO-1, and glucose transporter GLUT1 in cells of the blood-ocular barrier in the mouse eye
Abstract The facilitative glucose transporter GLUT1 is abundant in cells of the blood-ocular barrier and serves as a glucose… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Persistent myocardial ischemia increases GLUT1 glucose transporter expression in both ischemic and non-ischemic heart regions.
Persistently ischemic myocardium exhibits increased glucose uptake which may contribute to the preservation of myocardial… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Loss of weight restores GLUT 4 content in insulin-sensitive tissues of monosodium glutamate-treated obese mice
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of weight loss on GLUT 4 content of insulin sensitive tissues of obese mice. SUBJECTS: Mice… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Cloning and expression of a hepatic microsomal glucose transport protein. Comparison with liver plasma-membrane glucose-transport protein GLUT 2.
Antibodies raised against a 52 kDa rat liver microsomal glucose-transport protein were used to screen a rat liver cDNA library… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Expression of the glucose transporter isoform GLUT 4 is insufficient to confer insulin-regulatable hexose uptake to cultured muscle cells.
Glucose transporter isoform expression was studied in the skeletal muscle-like cell line, C2C12. Northern and Western blot… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Site-directed mutagenesis of GLUT1 in helix 7 residue 282 results in perturbation of exofacial ligand binding.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Polymorphic Human Glucose Transporter Gene (GLUT) is on Chromosome 1p31.3→p35
The glucose transporter is a membrane glycoprotein that is involved in the uptake of glucose by most, if not all, animal cells. A… 
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