Heilig_tab1: Glucose transporter expression in whole glomeruli and in specific glomerular cell types

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Accession information: Vol. 8; Issue 4; 7 February 2006 Abstract
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Glucose transporter expression in whole glomeruli and in specific glomerular cell types

Charles W. Heilig, Frank C. Brosius III and Carol Cunningham

Table 1. Glucose transporter expression in whole glomeruli and in specific glomerular cell types
	Glomerulus	Effect of diabetes	Mesangial cell	Podocyte	Endothelial cell
GLUT1	+	Increase	+	+	+
GLUT2	NA	NA	NA	+	NA
GLUT3	+	NA	NA	NA	NA
GLUT4	+	Decrease/Increase^a	+	+	NA
GLUT5	+	Increase	+	NA	NA
GLUT8	+	Increase	NA		NA
SGLT	NA	NA	+	NA	NA
^a In diabetes, GLUT4 is decreased in mesangial cells and increased in podocytes. Abbreviations: GLUT, glucose transporter; NA, information not available; SGLT, sodium–glucose cotransporter.

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